Stamp Out Hunger

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive returned on Saturday, May 8th and we thank you for YOUR HELP!

Food donation bags are still arriving at Hunger Task Force's warehouse and the total amount will be determined and posted here in the near future.

Letter carriers statewide dropped off 2.5 million bags the week of May 2nd (that’s the week leading up to Mother’s Day…). Then you stepped in and filled those bags with non-perishable food items and left them by your mailbox on Saturday, May 8th. Your hard working letter carrier picked up these bags of food while still completing their daily rounds and made an extra delivery to Hunger Task Force or a qualified local pantry. Throughout the summer in Milwaukee County, Hunger Task Force staff and volunteers will sort and deliver food to area food pantries and soup kitchens free of charge; outside of Milwaukee County, local qualified emergency food pantries will receive the food in each community.

In 2009, letter carriers from Milwaukee County’s own Pioneer Branch 2 collected 794,396 pounds of food, and statewide letter carriers delivered (a record!) 2,608,350 pounds of donated food to pantries that really needed it.

	THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and the Wisconsin Rural Letter Carriers Association (WRLCA) provide the manpower to get the bags delivered and the food transported to the food pantries that need it. The Volunteer the services of their letter carriers time.
	PIONEER BRANCH 2 AND THE WISCONSIN RURAL LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION (WI RLCA) NALC Pioneer Branch 2 donates the time of over 1,200 carriers IN Milwaukee County and WI RLCA provides 3,300 rural letter carriers from 209 rural and urban post offices. These letter carriers delivered 2.6 million pounds of donated food in 2009 to Hunger Task Force and other affiliated pantries statewide!
	THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an active partner and provides over $1.2 million worth of in-kind value. - Donating the first-class postage for 550,000 reminder postcards and 2.5 million collection bags to postal customers. Imagine having to pay for the postage on these items! - Providing 5,000 free boxes to ship bags to letter carriers statewide, with free $4.95 postage. - Use of Post Office facilities and trucks.

This program owes thanks to these community leaders who make Stamp Out Hunger possible: