Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday

Letter carriers across the country will be looking to pick up more than just mail this weekend.

Saturday is the official day of the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, an initiative of the U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Residents are being encouraged to leave at least one bag of non-perishable food at their mailboxes or wherever their mail is normally left. 

The carrier will pick up the food and take it to a local food bank.

More than 49 million people in America struggle to feed themselves and their families and often end up going hungry, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  One in five, or 16 million of those 49 million people are children.

The postal service and the association of letter carriers have collected more than 1 billion pounds of food since 1992, the year the Stamp Out Hunger initiative began.

For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, ask a letter carrier, call a local post office or visit helpstampouthunger.com or their page on Facebook. Follow the drive at on Twitter @StampOutHunger.