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Public Service Announcements from the National Association of Letter Carriers Concerning the 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive
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The nation's largest food drive to combat hunger will be conducted this year on Saturday, May 10, in over 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions. On that day, letter carriers will collect non-perishable donations from homes as they deliver mail along their postal routes.
The 16th-annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) national food drive to "Stamp Out Hunger" is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Carriers collected 70.7 million pounds of food in last year's drive--the fourth consecutive year above 70 million pounds. The drive is held annually on the second Saturday in May.
Donations will be collected by nearly 1,500 local branches of the 300,000-member postal union.
Making a donation is easy: Residents are being asked to leave non-perishable food donations--such as canned meat, fish, and soup, and cereals, pasta, and rice--in a bag near their mailbox on Saturday, May 10, before their letter carrier arrives. It will be taken to the local post office and then delivered to a local food bank, pantry, or shelter.
Persons who have any questions about their community's participation in the drive should ask their letter carrier or contact their local post office. Additional information is at helpstampouthunger.com.
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ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS AND CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY WILL CONDUCT THEIR ANNUAL "STAMP OUT HUNGER" FOOD DRIVE. SIMPLY PLACE A STURDY BAG OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS--SUCH AS SOUP, CANNED MEATS AND FISH, PASTA, OR CEREAL--NEXT TO YOUR MAILBOX. YOUR LETTER CARRIER DOES THE REST--DELIVERING THE DONATIONS TO FOOD BANKS AND HUNGER-RELIEF AGENCIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. REMEMBER, THIS YEAR'S "STAMP OUT HUNGER" FOOD DRIVE IS ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. LEARN MORE AT "HELP-STAMP-OUT-HUNGER"-DOT-COM. A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, CAMPBELL'S, AND THIS STATION.
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MORE THAN 35-MILLION AMERICANS ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER. IN FACT, ONE IN EVERY FOUR IS A CHILD--A TRUE EPIDEMIC. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS WILL CONDUCT ITS ANNUAL "STAMP OUT HUNGER" FOOD DRIVE--TEAMING UP WITH CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY; THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE; AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST - THE NATION'S FOOD-BANK NETWORK; VAL-PAK; THE A-F-L/C-I-O; AND LOCAL UNITED WAYS. THE NATION'S 230-THOUSAND CITY LETTER CARRIERS--ALONG WITH RURAL CARRIERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS--WILL COLLECT DONATIONS FROM HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND DELIVER THEM TO FOOD BANKS AND OTHER HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS, IN MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND COMMUNITIES. TO HELP, SIMPLY PLACE A BAG OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS--SUCH AS SOUP, CANNED MEATS AND FISH, PASTA, OR CEREAL--NEXT TO YOUR MAILBOX, BEFORE YOUR MAIL DELIVERY. YOUR LETTER CARRIER WILL DO THE REST. REMEMBER TO HELP "STAMP OUT HUNGER" ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LEARN MORE AT "HELP-STAMP-OUT-HUNGER"-DOT-COM. A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, AND THIS STATION.
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