What:

Saturday, May 10, marks the 33rd anniversary of one of America’s great days of giving — the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food drive. The USPS and NALC will kick-off the 2025 food drive.

Carriers covered by NALC Branch 183 will be in attendance to help promote stamping out hunger across Northern California.

Who:

Food Drive Coordinator Branch Clayton Cook NALC Branch 183
Salvation Army Major Laura Wycoff
Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt
Redwood Empire Food Bank Director of Philanthropy Hayley Benjamin
Petaluma Mayor Kevin McDon
Petaluma Postmaster Raj Ghoman
Postal Officials

When:

Saturday, April 12, 2025
9:00 A.M.

Where:

Casa Grande Station
1601 Corporate Circle
Petaluma, CA

Background:

Saturday, May 10 marks the 33rd anniversary of one of America's great days of giving - the National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive.

Letter carriers travel through the communities daily, often coming face to face with a sad reality for too many, hunger.

Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the county collect non-perishable food donations from our customers. These donations go directly to local food pantries to provide food to people across Sonoma County who need our help.

Over the course of its more than 30-year history, the drive has collected well over 1.9 billion pounds of food, thanks to a postal service universal delivery network that spans the entire nation, including Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The need for food donations is great. Currently, more than 44 million Americans are unsure where their next meal will come from. More than 14 million are children who feel hunger's impact on their overall health and ability to perform in school. Nearly 5.5 million seniors over age 60 are food insecure, with many who live on fixed incomes often too embarrassed to ask for help.

Our food drive's timing is crucial. Food banks and pantries often receive the majority of their donations during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. By springtime, many pantries are depleted, entering the summer low on supplies at a time when many school breakfast and lunch programs are not available to children in need.

Participating in this year's Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is simple. Just leave non-perishable food donations in a bag by your mailbox Saturday, May 10, 2025, and your letter carrier will do the rest.

Join your letter carrier in this call to action by donating nonperishable food and placing it by your mailbox.

As a community, we will STAMP OUT HUNGER.

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