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Help the Post Office 'Stamp Out Hunger' This Saturday
Mail carriers will be collecting non-perishable food from customers Saturday, May 11.
This Saturday, May 11, is the U.S. Postal Service’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Your mail carrier will be collecting canned and nonperishable foods this Saturday when your mail is delivered. You can leave a bag of food by your mailbox for pick-up.
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You can donate “items like canned meats, fish, soup, bottled juice, vegetables, pasta, cereal and rice that do not require refrigeration,” according to the U.S. Postal Service. Please do not donate food in glass containers.
This is the 21st annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Since 1993, mail carriers have collected more than 1 billion pounds of food, including 70 million pounds in 2012.
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For more information, you can follow @StampOutHunger, like Stamp Out Hunger on Facebook, or go to www.helpstampouthunger.com.
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