Los Angeles – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 31st annual national food drive Stamp Out Hunger on Saturday, May 13. Postal Service Letter Carriers will join forces with community leaders and others to help fight hunger in the greater Los Angeles area and throughout the country. Join your letter carrier in the challenge to end hunger by placing a bag of non-perishable food by your mailbox.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the nation’s largest single-day food drive, provides residents with an effortless way to donate food to those in need in the community.

In the days leading up to the food drive, letter carriers will be delivering special bags along with your mail that may be used to make donations. To participate in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive, residents are encouraged to use the special bags, or something similar, containing non-perishable foods and leave the bags next to their mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 13th. Your letter carrier will take care of the rest. The food is sorted, and delivered to an area food bank or pantry, where it is available for needy families.

Food Drive TIPS

With over 30 years of letter carriers’ commitment to the national food drive and over 1.82 billion pounds of food collected, our communities are still in need across the country.

While all non-perishable donations are welcome, foods that are high in protein such as canned tuna, salmon, beans, and peanut butter are most needed. Canned fruits and vegetables, whole grain, low sugar cereals, macaroni, and cheese dinners and 100% fruit juice also top the list of most needed items.

WHAT TO GIVE: Most-wanted foods include:

• Canned meats (tuna, chicken, salmon).
• Canned and boxed meals (soup, chili, stew, macaroni, and cheese).
• Canned or dried beans and peas (black, pinto, lentils).
• Pasta, rice cereal.
• Canned fruits.
• 100 percent fruit juice (canned, plastic or boxed).
• Canned vegetables.
• Cooking oil.
• Boxed cooking mixes (pancake, breads).
  

WHAT NOT TO GIVE:

• Rusty or unlabeled cans.
• Glass containers.
• Perishable items.
• Homemade items.
• No expired items
• Noncommercial canned or packaged items.
• Alcoholic beverages or mixes or soda.
• Open or used items.

For additional information about this year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, visit https://www.nalc.org/community-service/food-drive.

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