Filling empty bellies with "Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive"

  • by Deborah Evans
  • in Money
  • — May 13, 2018
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The Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive provides individuals and families in need, support through basic nutrition.

The National Letter Carriers Association teamed up with the Food Bank of Siouxland annually to "Stamp Out Hunger".

This saturday Postal Carriers will collect non-perishable food donations.

Volunteers collected the donated food from the mails trucks placing them in carts to be stored in rental trucks that haul the food off to the food pantry itself.

"I just ask people the bag that was delivered to their house feel free to leave the sack underneath your mailbox and the carrier will pick it up on his rounds", Hassler said. You can also make a donation - of food, time or cash - directly to Roadrunner Food Bank. "We wouldn't be able to help our neighbors living with hunger without your help". With the economic struggles many Americans face, this food drive is as critical as ever.

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Last year, nationally, the drive collected 75 million pounds of non-perishable food, the third highest total.

Carriers with the U.S. Postal Service picked up donations of canned food, which will end up at local food banks. Stamp Out Hunger will be held today across the country, the 26th annual collection.

"There's always a need for food", says Aubrey Clark, Food Sourcing and Facilities Manager for the West Ohio Food Bank.

Our community has shown many times that it is willing to help out when necessary. The result was that more than 220 union branches collecting more than 11 million pounds of food - a one-day record in the United States.

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