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Put Your Food Donations Out with the Mail on Saturday

Stamp Out Hunger, in its 20th year, feeds the hungry in the Lehigh Valley.

You know that bag of food you’ve been meaning to drop off at the local food pantry? This Saturday, your mail carrier will do the work for you.

May 12 marks the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger, and it couldn’t be easier to participate. Simply put a bag of nonperishable food out with your mail. Your postal worker will collect it on his or her route and deliver it to a local food aid organization.

Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food collection drive, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Last year, carriers picked up 70 million pounds of food. 

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Each can, each box of spaghetti, is food that’s desperately needed. A 2011 food insecurity study by Feeding America found that nearly 49 million people—including one of every five children—needed emergency food assistance that year.

In our neighborhoods, Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania helps with food distribution.

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Food banks especially needs canned proteins such as tuna, salmon, chicken and beans. Canned fruits and vegetables are also high on the list of items preferred for their nutrient rich qualities and shelf stable durability.

If you did not receive a printed bag in the mail, just put your own bag out on Saturday.


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