The National Association of Letter Carriers and Tri-State Food Bank would like to invite the media and the public to attend the official kick-off of this year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive at a press conference this Friday, May 9th at 9:00 AM CST in the lobby of the Downtown Evansville Post Office, located at 800 Sycamore Street. Mayor Stephanie Terry will read the official Mayoral Proclamation for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day. Among those in attendance will be representatives of the National Association of Letter Carriers and Tri-State Food Bank.
Now in its 33rd year, the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is the largest one-day food drive in the U.S., with more than 10,000 cities and towns across America participating. It provides an opportunity for all residents to come together with a common goal of helping our neighbors who face food insecurity and are at risk of hunger. Residents can simply leave a bag of non-perishable food in a bag near their mailbox this Saturday, May 10th, and their letter carriers will collect the food donations as they deliver mail along their routes that day. All food collected in the Evansville area will be distributed by Tri-State Food Bank to local food pantries, shelters, and other hunger-relief programs.
Over its history, Stamp Out Hunger has collected over 1.9 billion pounds of food nationwide to help feed those in need. In Evansville alone, over two million pounds of food have been collected since the first Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive was held in 1983.
