Delawareans: participate in nation’s largest one-day food drive May 10

This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive takes place Saturday, May 10. (Photo courtesy of USPS)

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is once again rallying communities across the country to help combat hunger with its annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, taking place on Saturday, May 10.

Now in its 32nd year, the food drive invites residents to leave a bag of nonperishable food items—excluding glass containers—next to their mailboxes before mail delivery. Local letter carriers will collect the donations and deliver them to food banks and pantries that serve families in need.

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Delaware residents are encouraged to be on the lookout for a special, 100% recyclable donation bag arriving by mail. However, organizers stress that any bag can be used for the food donation if the official one doesn’t arrive.

The event is supported by a wide coalition of labor and community organizations, including the Communications Workers of America Local 13101, United Food & Commercial Workers, Delaware Building & Construction Trades Council, IBEW Local 313, Good Works Corporation, United Steelworkers, the Delaware State AFL-CIO, and NALC Local 191.

In addition to donating food, community members can volunteer to help unload postal trucks at post offices throughout the state.

Those interested in volunteering are encouraged to sign up here.

Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive and has helped deliver more than 1.8 billion pounds of food to families in need since its inception in 1993.