Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is May 13!

For the 31st year, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is excited to hold the traditional Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 13.

Here in St. Cloud, the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive supports both Catholic Charities Emergency Services Food Shelf and Salvation Army Food Shelf. Bernick’s, Custom Catering by Short Stop and Kwik Trip are the business sponsors for the area food drive.

For more than a decade, this nationwide drive has annually collected more than 70 million pounds of food. Over the course of its history, the food drive has collected 1.4 billion pounds of food to help feed our neighbors.

Hunger exists in every community in our country. Today, 1 in 5 families in the United States experience food insecurity and rely on food donations. Here in our state, a record-breaking 5.5 million visits were made to Minnesota food shelves in 2022.

No one can grow, maintain good health or reach their full potential if they are hungry. A surprising number of our neighbors are doing something they never imagined: visiting a food shelf for the first time in their lives. This includes working families, children, seniors and post-secondary students.

Please join NALC on the second Saturday in May for the 31st annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in the United States.

Participating is easy. Simply leave a bag of nonperishable food next to your mailbox on May 13, and your letter carrier will handle the rest. All donated food in the St. Cloud area stays within our community and helps Catholic Charities and Salvation Army food shelves.

Together, we can Stamp Out Hunger in America. Together with Catholic Charities, we can make a different tomorrow for Central Minnesotans experiencing food insecurity. Learn more at nalc.org/food-drive.