The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will run their 26th annual Letter Carrier’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 12.
As the country’s largest food drive, letter carriers will collect non-perishable food donations while delivering mail along their normal postal routes on Saturday.
Local pantries couldn’t be more grateful for this appropriately timed food drive. While pantry shelves are usually overflowing in the winter months, spring is typically the time in which they are the barest.
And, with school meal programs suspended during the summer, hundreds of local children will be seeking alternate sources of nutrition in the coming months.
All food donated benefits local food banks in the New River Valley, namely the Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program, the Montgomery County Christmas Store, the United Way of the New River Valley, and other local church-based food programs.
Last year, letter carriers collected over 75 million pounds of food (the third-highest total in the event’s history) along their postal routes throughout the country helping to meet the needs of 50 million Americans who are food insecure in the United States. In 2017, NALC President, Fredric Rolando said, “It’s an honor to be able to help people in need by leading an effort that brings out the best in so many Americans.”
For more information about how you can help stock pantry shelves this summer, contact United Way of the New River Valley’s office at (540) 381-2066 or info@unitedwaynrv.org.
