May 12, 2007

Delaware Valley Area Letter Carriers Team Up with Campbell Soup Company
to Stamp Out Hunger!
Nation’s Largest Food Drive Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary While Helping Millions of Americans

WHAT: On Saturday, May 12, Delaware Valley letter carriers will join forces with Campbell Soup Company as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger! food drive.  Now in its 15th year, the Stamp Out Hunger! effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than 765 million pounds of food since its inception in 1993. 

To help Stamp Out Hunger! in the Delaware Valley this year, simply leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to your mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 12.  The local letter carriers will then collect donations from homes across the city and deliver them to Philabundance.

WHY: According to America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network, 35 million people are food insecure, hungry or at risk of hunger. Approximately one in four people in a soup kitchen line is a child.

WHEN: Saturday, May 12
Along postal routes in the Delaware Valley