Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry Announces Annual Food Drive with the National Association of Letter Carriers
The National Association of Letter Carriers hosts a food drive in mid-May. The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has been scheduled for the 2nd Saturday in May each year since 1992.
This one Saturday each May, letter carriers throughout the nation gather non-perishable food from their customers and deliver it to local food charities. In Santa Clarita, the food drive generates literally tons of food, which is distributed by Santa Clarita's largest and longest run food charity in The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry (established in 1986).
The success of the NALC Food Drive lies in its simplicity. All residents need to do is place a box or bag of non-breakable non-perishable food items next to their mailbox before their letter carrier delivers their mail on that second Saturday in May. The letter carriers collect the food and transport it to the local post office. Volunteers for the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry transport the food from the post office sites to storage that same day.
The annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive comes at a time of the year when children are/or are soon to be out of school and don't have access to the meal programs they depend on during the school year. This is also the time of the year when donations are at their lowest.
Volunteers from the community are needed each year to help load, transport, unload and store the donated food items. Please check with your business or community group to see if they would like to volunteer as a team. Some companies encourage and give credit to employees for volunteer activities or service. Past teams have included: Wells Fargo, SCValleyMommies, SC Blue Heat, Hallway Plumbing, Disney, Lundgren Management, Boston Scientific, TPC Men's Saturday game and local Boy and Girl Scout troops.
The SCV Food Pantry would like to thank the NALC, our local letter carriers, the many volunteers and the residents of the Santa Clarita Valley who support this food drive each year to help feed hungry tummies in our community.
For more information about or to volunteer to help with the NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, contact the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry at 661.255.9078 or email us at info@scvfoodpantry.org.
Mark your calendars now to volunteer for the NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on the 2nd Saturday in May.