09-05-2025
33rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
HONOLULU (KHON2) — This weekend marks the 33rd anniversary of the largest one-day food drive in the nation – the National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
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WakeUp2Day's Chris Latronic went live in Pearl City with all the details. He met up with Letter Carrier & Media Coordinator for USPS, Adele Yoshikawa to learn more about this crucial food drive.
Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food donations from our customers. Last year, Hawaii letter carriers collected more than 879,000 pounds of food from throughout the state.
These donations go directly to local food pantries to provide food to people 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 need is great, but you can help. 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.
Their food drive's timing is crucial. Food banks and pantries often receive most of their donations during the winter 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 Carriers` 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.
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With your help, letter carriers and the U.S. Postal Service have collected over 1.9 billion pounds of food in the United States over the 30 plus years as a national food drive. Please help us in our fight to Stamp Out Hunger.
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