"Stamp Out Hunger" Yearly Food Drive


Postcards that explain the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive were delivered to homes throughout the United States earlier this week.

Sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service, the Campbell Soup Company, the National Association of Letter Carriers, Valpak, the AFL-CIO, Feeding America and the United Way, "Stamp Out Hunger" is the largest national food drive in the country.

Those wishing to donate food to the food drive are being asked to leave canned food next to mailboxes. The donated food will be picked up by letter carriers on Saturday (May 9) and then delivered to area food banks. Last year's food drive netted more than 73 million pounds of food throughout the country.

With today's economy being in such a sorry state and unemployment rates being sky-high, this food drive, always important, is even more needed this year, with food banks reporting that almost twice as many people are using their services as last year.