‘Stamp Out Hunger’ with food drive to support local food pantries

‘Stamp Out Hunger’ USPS

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– USPS is asking for people to think about your local letter carrier in the coming weeks when grocery shopping.

Officials say each year on the second Saturday in May letter carriers in South Carolina and across the country collect non-perishable food donations from customers to donate to local food pantries to provide food to people who are in need of help.

People are asked to leave non-perishable food donations in a bag by their mailbox on Saturday, May 11, and your city or rural letter carrier will do the rest.

USPS says nationwide, over 1.9 billion pounds of food has been collected in the past 30 years for the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive.