The National
Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC’s) 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out
Hunger Food Drive is just weeks away — on Saturday, May 13. South Florida food
drive coordinators representing NALC branches are finalizing their preparations
for the nation’s largest one-day food collection event.
“Too many people in this country are going
hungry,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said. “We know this to be true because
we see it as we deliver to every address in America at least six days a week.”
Nearly 49 million
Americans — 1 in 6 — are unsure of the source of their next meal. This includes
13 million children, as well as about 5 million seniors over age 60 — many of
whom live on fixed incomes and often are too embarrassed to ask for help.
Last year, the
food drive collected a record 80 million pounds of nonperishable food, raising
the total amount of donations picked up over the quarter-century history of the
drive to more than 1.5 billion pounds.
This year’s
partners are the U.S. Postal Service, the National Rural Letter Carriers’
Association (NRLCA), the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
(UFCW), Valpak, United Way Worldwide, the AFL-CIO, the AARP Foundation and
Valassis.
“Our
extraordinary history of filling local food pantry shelves in communities
across the country is made possible by our partnerships with
these national organizations, in conjunction with the dedication and hard work
of letter carriers,” President Rolando said. “The food drive is just one of the
many ways letter carriers give back to our communities, and it’s almost time
for us to shine once again.”
Be sure to keep
in touch with the food drive’s official social media accounts — on Facebook,
“like” facebook.com/StampOutHunger, and on Twitter, follow @StampOutHunger.
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