Mail Carriers Will Be Collecting Food To "Stamp Out Hunger" May 9

stampOutHungerSource: Feeding America.org
On Saturday, May 9, 2015, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will collect food donations in order to provide assistance to the millions of Americans who are struggling with hunger.
Celebrating its 23rd anniversary this year, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than one billion pounds of food since its inception as a national food drive in 1993. In 2014, generous individuals donated more than 72 million pounds of food, which marked the eleventh consecutive year that at least 70 million pounds were collected.
The nation’s 180,000 letter carriers will collect food donations left at the mailboxes of generous Americans in more than 10,000 communities and deliver them to food banks and other hunger-relief organizations.
Wonder what foods are great to donate to the food drive? Here are a few non-perishable food items requested by food banks:

• Cereal
•   Pasta
•   Rice
•   Canned fruits and vegetables
•   Canned meals such as soups, chili, pasta
•   100% juice
•   Peanut butter
•   Pasta sauce or spaghetti sauce
•   Macaroni & cheese
•   Canned protein – tuna, chicken, turkey
•   Beans (canned or dry)

For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, visit Facebook.com/StampOutHunger and follow the food drive at Twitter.com/StampOutHunger.
Thanks to the many Stamp Out Hunger sponsors for their support!
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
United States Postal Service (USPS)
AFL-CIO
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA)
United Way
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