Letter carriers all over the United States will be looking to pick up more than just mail this weekend.
Saturday is the official day of the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, an initiative of the U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Residents can do their part by leaving at least one bag of non-perishable food at their mailboxes or wherever their mail is normally left by 9 a.m. Saturday.
More than 49 million people in America struggle to feed themselves and their families and often end up going hungry, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. One in five are children.
The postal service and the association of letter carriers has collected more than 1 billion pounds of food since 1992, the year the Stamp Out Hunger initiative began.
For more information visit helpstampouthunger.com or facebook.com/StampOutHunger.
But thanks to Patch for giving it some visibility. This is the only place I saw this advertised, and we (wife and I) were the only people in our neighborhood who put a bag of food out there! I don't think people were aware. So this is a good opportunity to say kudos to Patch for the great local neighborhood news. Everything in the world isn't really Gamecocks and Tigers. Thanks.