NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS - STAMP OUT HUNGER
The nation’s largest food drive to combat hunger was conducted this year on Saturday, May 9. On that day, letter carriers collected non-perishable donations from homes as they deliver mail along their postal routes.
The 17th annual NALC National Food Drive to “Stamp Out Hunger” is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Carriers collected a record 73.1 million pounds of food in last year’s drive. The drive is held annually on the second Saturday in May in over 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Donations were collected by more than 1,400 local branches of the 300,000-member postal union and delivered to food banks, pantries and shelters that serve the communities where they are collected. Assisting in the effort are rural letter carriers and other postal employees, as well as members of other unions and thousands of civic volunteers.
In Mt. Vernon Letter Carriers collected 3920 pounds of food to aid local food pantries.
Local food pantries who were the recipients of the food include:
| Helping Hand |
Freedom in Motion |
| Central Christian Church Food Pantry |
Hope in Christ Ministries |
| Park Avenue Baptist Food Pantry |
West Side Baptist Food Pantry |
| Angels on Assignment |
Prince of Peace Food Pantry |
| Pleasant Hill Baptist Food Pantry |
Epworth United Methodist Food Pantry |
Volunteers from the United Way assisted in the unloading of the supplies.
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