Campell's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

I receive a fair number of emails to this blog. Some are downright odd, others are inappropriate, a few I don't have the knowledge to answer but the rest are from people out there in the world doing good deeds and wanting me to write about these things to spread the word. The internet after all is a fast and quick way to deliver news.

This week I got an email from Lauren. She's working with Campbell Soup Company in their annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. In collaboration with the National Association of Letter Carriers (U.S. Postal Service), Stamp Out Hunger is the nation's largest food drive. The event happens tomorrow. It is ONLY for residents of cities and towns (and owners of mailboxes) in the United States. If you're an American please read the following and start packing those grocery bags!

35,000,000 Americans are at risk of hunger.

Get involved on May 12th!

How can you help?

Place bags filled with nonperishable food items next to your mailbox.*
Your letter carrier will pick them up and deliver them to local food banks!**
It's that easy to make a big difference.

*Donate items like canned meats and fish, canned soup,juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice. Please do not include items that have expired or those in glass containers.
**If you live in an urban area check with your letter carrier or bring food to your local post office and they'll deliver it to local food banks.

Postscript: I'm curious whether or not Campell Soup Company has a presence in Canada (regional office, etc.). I'm also curious if we have a similar food drive initiative here in Canada that involves our Canada Post. I don't see why we couldn't orchestrate a similar food drive with an organization like Second Harvest. Second Harvest is an incredible organization working to "recycle" food in Toronto so there's not only a reduction in wastefulness of fresh food but it continues its cycle to various social services (breakfast programs, after school youth centres, women's shelters, emergency food banks, community hostels) which unfortunately there are many that exist in Toronto and most are constantly in need of fresh food. Fresh food isn't an option for a nation wide food drive or even a city wide food drive but non-perishables are. Anyone local have any ideas about organizing a food drive in the city of Toronto? I'd love to hear them.

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