OT 23rd annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive comes to your mailbox this Saturday - Win Blazer swag!

Helping fight hunger doesn't get any easier than the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which returns for the 23nd year on Saturday, May 9. The single-day food drive, when members of the National Association of Letter Carriers pick up donated food that has been left next to mailboxes, is the largest in the nation, collecting more than 70 million pounds last year. More than 1.1 million pounds of food was donated in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. The letter carriers hope to gather 1.3 million pounds of food this year.

To help, look for a yellow plastic food drive bag in your mail this week. Then fill it with nonperishable food items and place the bag next to the mailbox before regular delivery time on Saturday, May 9. Letter carriers and volunteers will bring donations to the Oregon Food Bank for local distribution. If you miss the pickup on Saturday, you can drop off your donation at any post office before May 13.

The most-wanted items include canned meats (tuna, chicken, salmon), canned and boxed meals (soup, chili, stew, macaroni and cheese), canned or dried beans and peas (black, pinto, lentils), canned vegetables, and nonfat dry milk. Avoid donating rusty or unlabeled cans, expired food, food in glass containers and perishable items like fresh produce.

Collected food goes to the Oregon Food Bank Network, which serves people who are hungry in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

 

This will be the 8th year that I've been in involved in this. It's the largest one day food drive in Oregon. Again this year I'm in charge of the Multnomah Village Post Office and will be leading a group of 40 volunteers. While the letter carriers pick up the donated food on their routes it's up to the volunteers to take it from the vehicles, sort it, pack it and load it to be shipped back to the Oregon Food Bank.

Please, even if it's just a couple of cans please donate tomorrow. It's a great cause!

Also I am authorized to sign any Community Service forums for high school, college and criminals if you wish to volunteer and receive credit for the hours worked.

 

Post a picture of the food you are donating here. (Picture must be of the food in the bag in front of your mailbox.)

Biggest donation will win a set of 5 Blazer coasters. Each one features a different starter laser-etched on it.

 

I will also give a 2nd set of Blazer coasters to the first person who shows up tomorrow from the forum to volunteer.

Contact me for directions and time.

 

Why not? Enter if you want to enter!

 

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It's a nation wide food drive tomorrow. If you want to participate you can!

Put out canned goods. I don't think a raccoon can use a can opener.

http://www.nalc.org/community-service/food-drive

 

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Awesome job! You even used the bag that came in the mail!

 

Only one person is putting out food?

Tough crowd.

 

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