Mail food drive
Postal carriers around the nation are collecting your food bank donations right at your mailbox on Saturday, May 12. (Rural letter carriers of Lake Stevens and Granite Falls)

Nation's largest food drive starts at your mailbox

BY Stephanie Klein  on May 11, 2012 @ 2:12 pm (Updated: 9:44 pm - 5/11/12 )

Donating food for millions of hungry Americans couldn't be easier this weekend.

Postal carriers around the nation are collecting your food bank donations right at your mailbox on Saturday, May 12. Simply leave non-perishable food items in a sack at your mailbox. Your mail carrier will then collect all of the donations and make sure they get to the food bank.

"The Postal Service is pleased to continue supporting the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as we enter our 20th year together to help Stamp Out Hunger in America," says Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. "I am confident the 2012 campaign will be our best ever because the need continues to grow."

According to the U.S. Postal Service, the annual food drive is the largest single-day food drive in the nation and has collected more than one billion pounds of food since its inception in 1993. Last year, Americans donated more than 70 million pounds of food.

Examples of non-perishable items include:
Canned soup
Canned meats and fish
Canned vegetables, fruits and juices
Boxed goods (such as cereal)
Pasta and rice

Stephanie Klein, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Stephanie joined the MyNorthwest.com team in February 2008. She has built the site into a two-time National Edward R. Murrow Award winner (Best Radio Website 2010, 2012).
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