Stamp Out Hunger food drive takes place Saturday
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Postal carriers will do more than deliver the mail on Saturday. They'll be collecting donations of non-perishable food items as part of their national "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign.
The 16th annual food collection put on by the National Association of Letter Carriers is the largest one-day food drive in the nation, organizers said. Last year postal service employees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands collected more than 70 million pounds.
Residents are encouraged to fill the blue plastic bags left in mailboxes earlier this week with non-perishable food items such as canned vegetables, soups, dry cereal and protein bars. Those who didn't get blue bag can place items in their own bags and place them near their mailboxes on Saturday.
Letter carriers will take the donations to pantries, food banks and shelters for distribution to the estimated 35 million Americans who face hunger each day, organizers said.
