The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 30th annual food drive on Saturday, May 14 in the following California cities:

Stamp Out Hunger, the country’s largest one-day food drive, provides communities with an easy way to donate food to those in need. The traditional food drive returns this year after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2020 and 2021, it was replaced by the NALC’s donor drive, in which those wishing to help made online donations to local food pantries.

Returning to the traditional drive, residents simply leave their donation of non-perishable food items – canned soup, vegetables meats, and fish, along with pasta, rice, or cereal – in a sturdy bag next to their mailbox before mail delivery on Saturday, May 14.  City and rural letter carriers will collect these items, which then will be distributed to churches, food banks and pantries, and shelters in the community.

Several national partners are assisting NALC in the food drive: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, Vericast, United Way Worldwide, the AFL-CIO, Valpak, the Kellogg Company, CVS Health and the U.S. Postal Service.

For questions, please contact NALC Regional 1 Food Drive Coordinator Calvin Brookins at brookins@nalc.org.

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