Nationwide, residents and letter carriers are teaming up to fight hunger. It’s a part of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.“It’s designed to help feed families across the country, from community to community,” said Wayne Green, the North Carolina State chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ vice president. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereOn the second Saturday in May, the National Association of Letter Carriers teams up with local food banks to “stamp out” hunger. Green oversees a local branch of the organization in Winston-Salem. He says the process is simple.“A lot of our customers, what they do is they’ll go in their pantry, have a can of corn, generally nonperishable items, and leave them at your mailbox or by your mailbox,” he saidThen, as letter carriers dropped off mail, they picked up food donations.Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.Joe Killar, the food drive manager at Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem, says the number of donations collected during the drive is significant.“Each and every year, it’s tens of thousands of pounds of food that the community is able to just kind of leave out at their mailbox, and those carriers are able to pick up and bring to us,” he said.Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsSecond Harvest Food Bank is one local food bank that will distribute the food that was collected during the drive. He says for those who receive the food, it’s not just one meal for one day — it’s hope.“Where it ends up down the road, how it has helped them through the situation they’re in, where they’re needing to get support, and they’re moving on to areas where they can support others, where they are now thriving in their daily life because somebody else was able to support them just by donating a bag of groceries, say, on Letter Carrier Saturday,” Killar said.Green says the experience of collecting donations is not without its mishaps, but it’s all worth it.“When we’re all collecting, customers leave bags, sometimes the bags burst,” Green said. “We’re chasing cans down the street, but we’re chasing that for a good cause, and that’s to get that can some places like this, to get in the kitchens or in the hands of children or families in need.”NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |
Nationwide, residents and letter carriers are teaming up to fight hunger. It’s a part of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
“It’s designed to help feed families across the country, from community to community,” said Wayne Green, the North Carolina State chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ vice president.
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Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here
On the second Saturday in May, the National Association of Letter Carriers teams up with local food banks to “stamp out” hunger. Green oversees a local branch of the organization in Winston-Salem. He says the process is simple.
“A lot of our customers, what they do is they’ll go in their pantry, have a can of corn, generally nonperishable items, and leave them at your mailbox or by your mailbox,” he said
Then, as letter carriers dropped off mail, they picked up food donations.
Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
Joe Killar, the food drive manager at Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem, says the number of donations collected during the drive is significant.
“Each and every year, it’s tens of thousands of pounds of food that the community is able to just kind of leave out at their mailbox, and those carriers are able to pick up and bring to us,” he said.
Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscasts
Second Harvest Food Bank is one local food bank that will distribute the food that was collected during the drive. He says for those who receive the food, it’s not just one meal for one day — it’s hope.
“Where it ends up down the road, how it has helped them through the situation they’re in, where they’re needing to get support, and they’re moving on to areas where they can support others, where they are now thriving in their daily life because somebody else was able to support them just by donating a bag of groceries, say, on Letter Carrier Saturday,” Killar said.
Green says the experience of collecting donations is not without its mishaps, but it’s all worth it.
“When we’re all collecting, customers leave bags, sometimes the bags burst,” Green said. “We’re chasing cans down the street, but we’re chasing that for a good cause, and that’s to get that can some places like this, to get in the kitchens or in the hands of children or families in need.”
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