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Press Releases: Letter Carriers’ Food Drive Really Delivers
Contact: Kari Martell
Letter Carriers’ Food Drive Really Delivers
Local food banks hope to receive 1 million pounds of food Oakland –Thousands of Bay Area letter carriers will pick up more than just the mail as they travel their routes on Saturday, May 14th during the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive--they'll also collect food donations from the public. During the National Association of Letter Carriers' (www.nalc.org) Food Drive, the nation's largest one-day effort, local postal workers collect non-perishable food donations that people set out at their mailboxes. This huge collection drive raises food to help Bay Area Food Banks ready themselves for summer, when emergency food requests increase dramatically. Last year's drive raised 70.9 million pounds nationwide, including more than 820,000 pounds in the Bay Area. Bay Area residents are encouraged to put a bag of healthy, non-perishable food, such as canned vegetables and fruits, tuna fish, peanut butter, rice, dry beans and pasta, near their home or business mailbox on the morning of Saturday, May 14th. Letter carriers will pick up the food when the mail is delivered and bring it to a local food bank. "In the Bay Area, 1 in 5 children is at risk of hunger," said Suzan Bateson, executive director of Alameda County Community Food Bank. "When school is out, kids don't have access to free or reduced-price lunches, so they aren't getting the nutrition they require. The Letter Carriers' Food Drive stocks our shelves so that we can help low-wage earners feed their families." The 13th Annual Letter Carriers' Food Drive will benefit Bay Area Food Banks including Alameda County Community Food Bank, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Redwood Empire Food Bank (serving Sonoma County), San Francisco Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties. The food drive is supported by the U.S. Postal Service, United Way, AFL-CIO Community Services network, Campbell Soup Company and America’s Second Harvest. The San Francisco Chronicle and ABC7 are local partners.
About Bay Area Food Banks
Contacts:
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Redwood Empire Food Bank
San Francisco Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties
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