LONG ISLAND, NY — The U.S. Postal Service next Saturday, May 11, will hold the annual Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive event to aid the hungry and homeless on Long Island.
Residents can leave a bag of non perishable food donations at their mailbox on May 11, and your mail carrier will pick it up.
This year it is critical that everyone take time to think about those in need. It could be someone you know – even a neighbor – and unbeknown to you they depend on the food banks to assist with putting food on their table.
District Manager Lorraine Castellano for the Long Island Postal Service is proud of the mail carriers who do double duty on the largest single-day food drive in the nation.
“The National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive reminds Long Islanders of the urgency in collecting emergency food for adults and children that go to bed hungry. “
Donations needed are non-perishable food items like canned fruits and vegetables, meats and fish, and soup, juice, pasta, cereal and rice. Island Harvest will collect and redistribute all donated food items to emergency food programs throughout Long Island that provide assistance to adults and children who are struggling to put food on the table.
In 2012, drive organizers across the country collected more than 70 million pounds of total food donations for the ninth consecutive year.
The United States Postal Service, it’s Letter Carriers and Island Harvest Food Bank are a force united in this, the largest food drive in America.
For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, customers can ask their local letter carrier, contact the post office, or visit www.helpstampouthunger.com. To learn about Island Harvest Food Bank visit, www.islandharvest.org
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