Annual letter carrier food drive takes place Saturday

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — Look out for a bright yellow bag in your mailbox this week as the 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive approaches.

The food drive — organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers — takes place each year on the second Saturday in May.

Letter carriers across the country collect nonperishable food donations as they deliver mail. The donations go directly to local food banks.

Since the beginning of the food drive in 1993, letter carriers have collected nearly 2 billion pounds of food nationwide, according to the National Association of Letter Carriers.

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[oasis]

1. I can't think of a more urgent time to donate!!!!!

[MerryBlooms]

4. r&k

[dem4decades]

2. I hesitate to donate to them, they seem too have enough to do.

I'd hate to make them carry more stuff.

[oasis]

8. Around mid-day, a truck is sent to collect the

accumulated food bags from postal carriers on each route and brings them to the local post offices. At that point, volunteers help sort the items before they are brought to a central location.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Not all routes participate, so if you don't get a bag, check with your local post office or letter carrier to see if

they'll be picking up on Saturday or not. Many locals could use a hand sorting the food as it comes in. Some locals will feed you if you show up to volunteer for that work.

[Kingofalldems]

5. I carried for 35 yrs.

Every route participated.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. That's great, but it's not the case now.

[MIButterfly]

7. The letter carrier puts a bag in my mailbox every year and I always put some non-perishable cans and boxes in it

and leave it on my porch. It was always on a Saturday. For three or four years, the carrier never took the food and I would take it to the post office on Monday. I finally started putting the bag of food in my mailbox so they had to take it out to put my mail in! Never had a problem after that.

I usually get the bag by now, but haven't gotten it yet this year. I wonder why? Maybe it'll come tomorrow. If not, I'll put my own bag out. I like to shop for extra cans because I don't buy canned fruit or vegetables and I like to include them with my unused canned food.