The Annual Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive

Join the National Association of Letter Carriers and its national partners for a nation-wide effort on Saturday, May 9, 2026 to help feed local families. Simply put your non-perishable food donations in a bag by your mailbox, and your letter carrier will deliver them directly to the San Diego Food Bank and other local food banks.

Saturday, May 9th marks the 34th anniversary of the largest one-day food drive in the nation - the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive.

Letter carriers are in the communities they serve every day and often come face to face with a sad reality for too many, hunger.

Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the county collect non-perishable food donations from our customers. These donations go directly to the San Diego Food Bank and other local food pantries to provide food to people in San Diego County, CA, USA who need our help.

Over the course of its 30-year history, the drive has collected well over 1.94 billion pounds of food, thanks to a postal service universal delivery network that spans the entire nation, including Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The need is great, but you can help. Currently, more than 47 million Americans are unsure where their next meal will come from. More than 13 million are children who feel hunger's impact on their overall health and ability to perform in school. Nearly 7.4 million seniors over age 60 are food insecure, with many who live on fixed incomes often too embarrassed to ask for help.

Our food drive's timing is crucial. Food banks and pantries often receive the majority of their donations during the winter holiday seasons. By springtime, many pantries are depleted, entering the summer low on supplies at a time when many school breakfast and lunch programs are not available to children in need.

Participating in this year's Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is simple. Just leave non-perishable food donations in a bag by your mailbox on Saturday, May 9, 2026 and your letter carrier will do the rest. With your help, letter carriers and the US Postal Service have collected over 1.94 billion pounds of food in the United States over the 30 years as a national food drive. Please help us in our fight to Stamp Out Hunger.

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