Chippewa Valley food collections for the 2016 “Stamp Out Hunger” drive dropped off from last year’s record total, according to Tina Dunn, the local U.S. Postal Service coordinator for the May 12 event. Dunn reported in a press release that 159,051 pounds of food were collected in this year’s drive, a decline of 11,554 pounds from […]
Food drive aims to break all-time record
By United Way staff Stamp Out Hunger, the one-day food drive organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NACL) and supported in part by United Way, is the largest single-day food drive in the world. It occurs on the second Saturday in May, which this year is May 14. The drive is orchestrated by local […]
Chippewa Valley residents support “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive in record numbers
By CV Post staff The final count from last week’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive indicates it was a record-setting year for food donations collected by mail carriers throughout the Chippewa Valley. As they made their delivery rounds on May 9, mail carriers in a 14-county area collected more than 170,000 pounds of food left […]
Mail carriers to pick up your food donations this Saturday
By David Gordon, associate editor The CVPost Coming to a mailbox or postal slot near you this Saturday (May 9) – the U.S. Postal Workers’ 23rd annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive. The event – sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) – is the nation’s largest single-day food drive. It has collected […]