Stamp Out Hunger food drive aims to stock summer shelves
The Stamp Out Hunger food drive, now in its 33rd year, is led by the National Association of Letter Carriers. This one-day event couldn't come at a more crucial time for families in Coastal Georgia. The shelves at Second Harvest Food Bank are in urgent need of restocking as summer nears.
The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is the nation's largest single-day food drive, collecting nearly 2 billion pounds of non-perishable goods since it started. Saturday you can leave food donations like canned vegetables, peanut butter and canned meats next to your mailbox.
Letter carriers will pick up the food during their regular mail delivery and deliver it directly to food banks. With schools closing soon, many children will face hunger. Second Harvest's summer feeding program serves over 7,000 meals a day across 85 sites starting in June.
Mary Jane Crouch, Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Coastal Georgia told News 3 the event means everything to them '[One year in the past,] we had over 100,000 pounds donated to us. And we've had lesser years when, you know, maybe the economy wasn't doing so great. And people, as we said earlier, are struggling. So, we're really worried about this year. We're hoping people can pick up that extra couple of cans at the grocery store, pick up that extra jar of peanut butter. It will make a huge difference.'
The food drive is Saturday, May 10th. Just place a bag of nonperishable items next to your mailbox in the morning. The postal service will handle the rest, delivering the food to Second Harvest.
Last year, Second Harvest collected 34,00 pounds through the Stamp Out Hunger food drive and they hope to reach 50,000 pounds this year.
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