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5 days ago
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Stamp Out Hunger delivers over 52,000 pounds of food
ELKHART — The 2025 Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected 52,414 pounds of food across Elkhart County, organizers said Thursday, an effort involving community members, letter carriers and volunteers. All donations are staying local, helping stock the shelves of area food pantries, they said. Individual totals: Bristol 2,109 pounds Elkhart – 28,500 pounds Goshen – 9,814 pounds Middlebury – 12,000 pounds Stamp Out Hunger is a national effort led by the National Association of Letter Carriers. Locally, the event was coordinated in partnership with Crossroads United Way, Elkhart Area Food Pantries, community volunteers and generous donors like Martin's Super Market, which provided the bags. 'Thanks to amazing volunteers like Julie Wilson and her kids, we were able to collect over 28,000 pounds of items in the city of Elkhart alone,' said Jill Yoder, Crossroads United Way. 'It was a great day to volunteer as a family or with friends. Everyone can pitch in and help us Stamp Out Hunger.' More information about how to get involved in hunger relief efforts is available at
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collects 12k pounds of food in Wayne County
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — The National Association of Letter Carriers held their annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive recently. Around 12,920 pounds of nonperishable food were collected by mail carriers on Saturday, May 10. They fell a little short of their goal, which was 15,000 pounds. This was the association's 33rd year holding the food. 'We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from our community,' said Stacy Sinyard, Vice President of NALC Branch 876 and local food drive coordinator. 'Every can, every hour volunteered, and every act of kindness has a ripple effect. We may not have reached our goal this year, but the impact is real—and we're already optimistic about coming back even stronger next year.' The food drive benefited the Community Soup Kitchen of Goldsboro, HGDC Community Crisis Center, The Salvation Army, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 4 Day Movement and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's CHIPP Program. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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Letters Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive fills local food banks
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – From mailboxes to local food banks, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service are partnering in the fight to end hunger. Volunteer letter carriers spent Saturday driving through neighborhoods from Graceville to Port St. Joe, making stops at houses with bags hanging on their mailboxes. 'As we see bags hanging on the mailbox or see bags on the ground, we stop and we pick them up and then eventually we'll take them to their destination,' Volunteer Food Collector Jeff Lange said. No Name Lounge hosts luau party to support Shaddai Shriners In those bags are non-perishable food donations from the local community. Volunteers transport those donations to local food banks like the Panama City Rescue Mission men's facility and their women and children's facility. 'All the food that we pick up and the wonderful community donations all go back to our own people in our own community. So, eventually, we're just helping ourselves out or helping each other out the way a good neighborhood should,' Lange said. Volunteers said the donations collected will help supply the food banks for a year, and the donations are coming at a time when the community needs it most. 'Typically, this time of year, most food banks are struggling for donations. So it's a real big help for all the perishable items between dog food, napkins, just everyday things that are essential for just survival of people,' Volunteer Food Collector Jared Jones said. Volunteers will find out the total number of donations collected by next week. They say they are hoping for a record-breaking year. Local surplus auction in Bay County draws hundreds of attendees 'We had a great year, one of the best years we've had since COVID last year. So we're hoping to surpass that this year and be able to help even more families,' Jones added. If you missed this year's food drive, Panama City Rescue Mission is always accepting donations from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. They are in urgent need of gallon bags, disinfectant spray, towels, underwear, and laundry detergent. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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Stamp Out Hunger Drive underway in Des Moines Metro
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday will mobilize thousands of Iowans to help combat food insecurity. The annual food drive is organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers and takes place every year on the second Saturday in May. People can participate by leaving a bag of food next to their mailbox on Saturday. Residents are encouraged to donate healthy, non-perishable food items that are unopened and in-date. Then, postal workers will pick up the donations and bring them to local food pantries, like the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC). This is the largest single-day food drive in the nation, and DMARC says this is an important drive for them. Last year, 30,000 pounds of food were collected through the drive and brought to DMARC. 'When we have 30,000 pounds of food come in just one single day that makes a huge difference in what's available,' said Blake Willadsen, the DMARC's marketing and communications manager. Willadsen says this drive helps contribute to DMARC's ability to help around 75,000 community members annually. About 80% of the people using DMARC's services are either young people under age 17, seniors, or are actively employed, according to Willadsen. 'The food that you're donating for this drive makes a huge impact for a lot of those people who you might not expect,' he said. 'This food pantry just helps serve as kind of a step up for oftentimes a bump in the road.' This comes after 2024 was a historic year for DMARC's Food Pantry Network. Around 150 volunteers will help sort through the donations at DMARC's warehouse throughout next week. For more information on how to volunteer at DMARC, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
09-05-2025
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Mail carriers ready for 32nd annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive, here's how you can help
Since last week's storms, the already slim food pantries have been hit hard, which makes this year's food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers that much more important. That's taking place tomorrow, and you'll be able to help, even better, you don't even need to leave your home, just take a simple walk to the mailbox. For your mail carrier, however, it's a lot of work and makes for a tough day. "On this day, they're going around picking up food and delivering mail as well as packages, letters, flats, but it's their time to shine," said Patrick Rothwell, the Executive Vice President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 84. They sure have shone; they have collected millions of pounds of food for the food pantries. "These food pantries dry up right after the holidays, and this food drive is the largest one-day, single-day food drive across the country, and it replenishes all these pantries and churches," Rothwell said. What's collected comes back to the collection points at the post offices, where the local food pantries or churches that run pantries pick up the donations. Here locally, the balance goes to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. "A lot of the pantries in these small communities, from East Pittsburgh, Braddock, always the north and west, a lot of them go to pantries," Rothwell said. "Carriers will drive it right to the pantry when they're done delivering." Now, in the 32nd year, they're looking for canned goods, non-perishables like boxed pasta, cereal, peanut butter, toilet paper, and while they'll take things in glass bottles, they'd prefer not to do so because it can cause a mess if or when it breaks. For you? All you have to do is box it, bag it, or do whatever works and your mail carrier will pick it up!
