09-05-2025
How you can help Feeding SD by leaving food outside
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — From the rising price of groceries to federal funding cuts, things look uncertain for some nonprofits. That means that one fundraiser this weekend is coming at the perfect time.
While federal funding cuts have changed the way things look at Feeding South Dakota, so has the lack of holiday spirit.
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'Right now we are seeing that decline in just donated food in our local community, after the holidays, when everybody's in their giving spirit, things start to decline naturally. So we're at a perfect time for this food drive to help replenish the stock of what we typically would have,' Feeding SD Community Engagement Manager Jennifer Stensaas said.
Which is why the Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday is such a big deal.
'That's a nationwide drive, done through the National Association of Letter Carriers in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service,' City Letter Carrier in Sioux Falls, Eric Wicks said.
An easy way to figure out if you're in a participating area is if you receive a postcard or a bag in the mail.
'What you'll do is take that bag with any other bags that you might have in the house and fill it full of food, whether you have some ingredients that you didn't make with a recipe, or even stopping by the store and just picking up an extra couple of items,' Stensaas said.
'Then set that bag on Saturday morning, next to your mailbox, if it's attached to your house or if it's a curbside box on the street, if it's your apartment lobby, or if it's your central neighborhood box unit,' Wicks said.
Then, volunteers will come pick up the food that day.
With the rising price of food, and an uncertain future, it's up to the community to help make a difference for those in need.
'We have an obligation to look out for each other and take care of each other. And everybody's better if we're all taking care of each other and everybody's getting what they need,' Wicks said.
Feeding South Dakota says it is looking for cereal, pancake mix, and canned fruits and vegetables.
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