In May, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) joined a national Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive with the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in over 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who take part in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation.
Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered over 1.82 billion pounds of food in the past 30 years.
Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved.
The United States Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, AFL-CIO, United Way, Vericast, Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, CVS Health, Kellogg’s, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union are all supporting this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
To donate, just place a box or can of non-perishable food next to your mailbox before your letter carrier delivers mail on the second Saturday in May. The carrier will do the rest. The food is sorted, and delivered to an area food bank or pantry, where it is available for needy families.
One in ten Americans face hunger every day in America. This drive is one way we can help those in our own city or town who need help.
GPA volunteers (5/13, 1 hr): Dawson Lin, Amy Chua, Max Chua, Angela Chen, Hannah Zou, Isaac Chen, Tian Liao, Xing Liao, Richard Da, Peter Martin, Eric Li, Emma Liu, Kevin He, Kathie Wang, Ziqi Zhang, Zhihan Zhang, Sara Yu, Sophia Yu, Shuchen Yu, Larry Hu, Alice Wang, Cassie Wang, Alexander Wang, Jennie Han, Henderson Han, Tiffany Tian.
