Nation’s Largest One-Day Food Drive Helps Restock Food Banks (NAPSA)—On Saturday, May 10, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to Stamp Out Hunger! across America. The Stamp Out Hunger! effort, now in its 16th year, is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than 836 million pounds of food since its inception in 1993. Last year, letter carriers across the country collected more than 70 million poundsof food. To help Stamp Out Hunger'!, simply leave a sturdy bag containing nonperishable foods—such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal—next to your mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 10. Food items should be in nonbreakable containers, such as boxes and cans. The nation’s 230,000 letter carriers will do the rest—collecting donations from homes across the country and delivering them to food bank members of Americas Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network and other hungerrelief organizations in more than communities. 10,000 local 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 ay Le is a child. Food banks are notoriously bare during summer months, as most food drives are conducted around the holidays and those donated goods are distributed throughout the spring. Summer donations are also critical because many hungrychildren no longer have the benefit of a school lunch program. To help the NALC kick off the 16th Annual Stamp Out Hunger! effort, Campbell is donating 1million pounds of food to food banks across the country. For more information about the Stamp Out Hunger! effort in your community, ask your letter carrier, contact the post office or visit www.helpstampouthunger.com.
