Help to stamp out hunger through local postal drive

The 32nd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is set for Saturday, May 11, throughout the Chippewa Valley. This drive, created by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), is the largest annual one-day food drive, that happens in the Chippewa Valley, and benefits local non-profit food pantries, by stocking their shelves with thousands of pounds of non-perishable food.

That food collected is then distributed to residents in the Chippewa Valley, who struggle with food insecurity. In the United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley’s service area, 17,350 individuals identified as food insecure.

This year, postal workers are taking the route of reducing, reusing and recycling plastic bags, that everyone most likely already has at home. Every resident will receive a reminder postcard, shortly before the collection date of May 11.

Set the non-perishable goods next to a mailbox for letter carries and volunteers to collect.

Stamp Out Hunger is organized regionally by local members of the NALC, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA), Feed My People Food Bank and United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley.

In addition to the food drive participation, community members are needed to step up and volunteer to help with the food collection May 11. At least 100 volunteers are needed to help make this food drive a success.

An individual can sign up to help at uwgcv.org.

This year’s goal is to collect 60,000 pounds of non-perishable goods for those in need.