Do you know what Saturday May 10th is? Yes, it IS the day before Mother’s Day (so get those flowers ordered now if you haven’t yet), but it is also National Stamp Out Hunger day! This event, co-sponsored by Campbell’s Soup Company & the National Association of Letter Carriers, is the US’s largest single day food drive. Most US Post Offices are participating, but unfortunately not all are able to. If you’ve received a flyer from your local post office, you know yours IS participating. If you haven’t received a flyer, you can check with your local post office to find out if they are.
Now all you have to do is gather food to donate – non-perishable items like canned meats and fish, canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice. Next, leave them by your mailbox before your mail carrier stops by on Saturday May 10. If you’re concerned the food will be sitting out too long in the hot sun or on a rainy day, you may also drop the food off at any participating Post Office. C’mon – it’s Saturday! You can fit it in somewhere in your schedule of grabbing your morning coffee, picking up the dry cleaning and going to see Ironman! And just that quickly, you’ve done a good deed for the day 🙂
The Post Offices will collect all the donations & deliver them to local food banks! If you’d like to pass this along to folks at work, there are some great flyers at the Stamp Out Hunger Site.
