God’s Storehouse will partner with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) for the 33rd Annual National Letter Carrier food drive, Stamp Out Hunger.
The letter carriers and God’s Storehouse will collect food for those in need on Saturday, May 10. Customers can leave their donation of non-perishable food items (NO GLASS PLEASE) next to their mailbox before the delivery of the mail that day. Letter carriers will collect the food donations along their routes and deliver them to the post office.
God’s Storehouse volunteers will assist postal workers in collecting food along their routes while also unloading and sorting food at the post office.
Thousands of pounds of food are typically donated locally by the community. In the 30 years since it began, the food drive has collected about 1.82 billion pounds of food for struggling residents throughout America.
God’s Storehouse is seeing an increase in the number of families needing food due to rising food costs and decreases in SNAP benefits, and a decrease in donated food. We average 183 families per day compared to 177 per day in 2024. The donated food from the food drive enables God’s Storehouse to stock the shelves for the summer months when food donations from schools, individuals, and faith groups decrease.
“God’s Storehouse appreciates that this is an extra burden on already overloaded postal workers, and we work very hard to have lots of volunteers to help pick up in neighborhoods and to help off-load the postal trucks at the post office.” Karen Harris, Executive Director of God’s Storehouse said, “We are so grateful to the postmasters and postal workers for participating in this event. This food stocks our shelves for the summer months and greatly helps our neighbors in need.”
As summer approaches and donations from the winter holiday donations are dwindling, God’s Storehouse is looking to ensure its shelves are stocked. God’s Storehouse is extremely grateful and proud to be able to partner with the NALC and the postal service to distribute these donations to those in need. This collaborative effort will help provide hundreds of meals to our neighbors facing food insecurity.