Local
letter carriers will collect non-perishable food items, such as cereal, pasta
and rice, on Saturday, May 9, 2015 as part of the National Association of
Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
To
participate, all you have to do is leave the food items in a bag by (or in)
your mailbox, and your letter carriers will pick them up.
The
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a national event. More than 10,000 cities and towns across the
nation will participate in raising national awareness about the ongoing problem
of hunger in every community. This is
the largest one-day food drive in America and is always held on the second
Saturday in May to prepare food pantries for the summer months.
Last
year in Southern Nevada, the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collected more than
200,000 pounds of food, which was then distributed to about a dozen local food
pantries. Nationally, individuals donated more than 72 million pounds of food
in 2014, which marked the eleventh consecutive year that at least 70 million
pounds were collected.
“The
need in Southern Nevada is real. We see
it everyday while on our mail routes,” said Glenn Norton, president of the
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 2502, representing Las
Vegas. “We urge the community to simply put a few food items out by their mailbox
on Saturday, May 9 and we’ll make sure those items get to a local food
pantry. Together we can make a big
difference.”
DID
YOU KNOW?
1 in
7 Americans need food assistance
12
million children and 7 million seniors go hungry every day
69%
of Americans have to choose between paying for utilities and food
57%
have to choose between paying for housing and food
(Source: Feeding America - Hunger in America 2014 Key
Findings)
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/StampOutHunger
www.nalc.org/food
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