Alright, so you don't actually have to put food inside your mailbox – just near it.
This Saturday, any non-perishable food items you leave in a bag at your mailbox will be picked up by your local letter carrier and delivered to an area food bank like Gleaners Community Food Bank, Forgotten Harvest and Food Gatherers.
It's that simple.
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The National Association of Letter Carriers is partnering with the United States Postal Service and Campbell Soup Company to sponsor this year's Stamp Out Hunger food drive – the largest single-day food drive in the country.
According to the Stamp Out Hunger Facebook page, donors gave 77.1 million pounds of food during last year's drive, bringing the drive's all-time total to more than a billion pounds of food.
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And if you don't have items at home to donate, don't fret – our local is currently having a sale on several non-perishable items, including Campbell's Soup ($0.89 each), Creamette pasta ($0.79 each), Kroger brand peanut butter (2 for $4), Kellog's cereal and Quaker chewy granola bars ($1.98 each).
Note: Please do not donate items in glass containers, items that have expired or items that require refrigeration.
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