National Association of Letter Carries Annual Food Drive Each May, the Long Island National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and partner U.S. Postal Service join with United Way of Long Island, Island Harvest, Long Island Cares, Interfaith Nutrition Network and the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, for the largest national one-day food drive.
Despite the incredible efforts made by each food drive partner annually, the number of food donations has dropped, as hunger continues to rise on Long Island. Approximately 259,000 Long Island residents suffer from hunger—93,000 of them children and 39,000 seniors. In 2005, the drive collected a record-breaking 1.5 million pounds of food. But, in 2007, that number dropped to 858,000 pounds. More help is needed from all Long Islanders to help stamp out hunger and feed their neighbors in need.
Each year, Long Island''s letter carriers are praised for their extraordinary efforts put forth to collect food for soup kitchens, pantries and shelters across Long Island. Last year, the 904,500 pounds of food donated by Long Islanders supplemented hundreds of thousands of meals, bringing the total contributions of food since 1995 to more than 16.5 million pounds. Still, this year, Long Island's hungry need even more help.
How You Can Help
Support your neighbors in need and help to "Stamp Out Hunger." Long Islanders are asked to leave non-perishable, food items next to their mailboxes for collection by their letter carriers, or bring food donations to their local post offices. (2009 Food Drive Date TBD)
For more information on how you can help or to find out how you can volunteer to sort and pack food, visit http://www.stampouthungerli.com/ or contact Long Island Cares at 631.582.
FOOD or Island Harvest 516.294.8528.
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