Saturday is Stamp Out Hunger Day -

When you wake up Saturday morning, you might want to grab some of the non-perishable food from your house and leave it for your postal worker.

No. It's not that letter carriers are underfed.

Saturday is Stamp-out Hunger Day in Oregon - the largest single-day food drive in the state.

“Too many people in our community struggle to get enough to eat. We are grateful to everyone who participates and the hundreds of letter carriers who give their time to make this event happen,” said Oregon Food Bank CEO Susannah Morgan.

Last year, the drive brought in 1.1 million pounds statewide - just under 500,000 pounds in the metro area alone.

As huge as that is, it's not enough.

Every month, 270,000 people in Oregon and Clark County, Washington eat food they received from a food pantry.

And that's why the U.S. Postal Service got involved.

"We see a lot of people who do without, people struggling. It’s an honor to spend the day collecting food to help people," said Bill Brink, a USPS Letter Carrier.

Everyone in the area should have received a yellow bag in their mailbox this week in which food can be placed.

A list of most wanted foods is available at http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/Organize-a-Food-Drive/Most-Wanted-Foods. However, for this event, they are unable to accept food items in glass containers. Donations not picked up by letter carriers can be dropped off at any post office by Wednesday, May 18.