{"id":39390,"date":"2026-04-30T16:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39390"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:47:31","slug":"2026-letter-carriers-stamp-out-hunger-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/2026-letter-carriers-stamp-out-hunger-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Letter Carriers\u2019 Stamp Out Hunger\u00ae Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter Carriers\u2019 Stamp Out Hunger\u00ae<\/sup> Food Drive – May 9, 2026<\/h2>\n

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Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter Carriers\u2019 annual\u00a0Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has grown into the nation\u2019s largest one-day food drive, helping to fill the shelves of food banks in cities and towns throughout the United States.<\/p>\n

The need is great, but you can help. We invite you to join letter carriers and our partner organizations in the fight to end hunger in our communities by participating in the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.<\/p>\n

Simply leave your donation of non-perishable food in a bag near your mailbox on the second Saturday in May, and your<\/p>\n

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NALC branch and Rural Office participation is voluntary. To determine if a NALC Branch covers your area, please use the search tool\u00a0here<\/a>. To determine participation, please contact the local NALC Branch or contact your local Post Office.<\/p>\n

NALC branches, rural offices and agencies can use the food drive toolkit below to prepare for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The toolkit includes options to order posters and merchandise, as well as a list of regional and state coordinators. More information<\/a><\/p>\n

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Letter Carriers\u2019 Stamp Out Hunger\u00ae Food Drive – May 9, 2026 Follow us on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0and\u00a0X (Formerly Twitter). Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-nalc-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39393,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390\/revisions\/39393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}