Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary Donations Help Restock Food Banks Nationwide (NAPSA)—On Saturday, May 12, Campbell Soup Companywill join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to Stamp Out Hunger! across America. Now in its 15th year, the Stamp Out Hunger! effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than 765 million pounds of food since its inception in 1993. Last year, letter carriers across the country collected more than 70 million poundsoffood. To help Stamp Out Hunger'!, simply leave a sturdy bag containing nonperishable food—such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal—next to your mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 12. Food items should be in nonbreakable containers, such as boxes and cans. The nation’s 230,000 letter carriers will then collect donations from homes across the country and deliver them to food bank members of America’s Second Harvest: The Nation’s Food Bank Network and other hungerrelief organizations in more than 10,000 local communities. According to America’s Second Harvest, 35 million people are food insecure, hungry or at risk of hunger. They also report one in four people in a soup kitchen line are children. Food banksare notoriously bare during summer months, as most food drives are conducted around the holidays and those donated goods aredistributed throughout the spring. Summer donations are also critical, because many hungry children no longer have the benefit of their school lunch program. To help the NALC kick off the 15th Annual Stamp Out Hunger! effort, Campbell is donating 1 million poundsof food to food banks across the country. For more information about the Stamp Out Hunger! effort in your community, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office or visit www.helpstampouthunger.com.
