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This Saturday, May 13, is the National Association of Letter Carriers' (NALC's) 31st annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the nation's largest annual one-day food drive. Held annually on the second Saturday in May, the drive collects tens of millions of pounds of food to assist food pantries.
One in eight Americans, including millions of children, senior citizens and veterans, are unsure where their next meal will come from. Since 1993, NALC's drive has helped relieve shortages that food pantries experience in the spring and summer after holiday donations have been depleted.
Help your local community food pantry or bank by leaving donations of nonperishables at your mailbox for your letter carrier to collect on Saturday, May 13. Your donations stay in your community and help your neighbors and community members overcome food insecurity.
Stamp Out Hunger is co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO, the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the U.S. Postal Service, the United Way, Valpak, Vericast, Kellogg's and CVS Pharmacy.