Stamp Out Hunger

[luv]

Stamp Out Hunger is May 12. Leave non-perishable food items in a bag by your mailbox, and letter carriers pick them up and deliver them to local food pantries. Items stay local.

If you have kids, you might check with their school to see if they are collecting food, too. Last year, when my dad volunteered to do the pick-ups at some of the schools, he went in to one and had a little girl he thought to be about 7 or 8 say, "I brought that macaroni and cheese." He thanked her for sharing.

It's a national event, so spread the word.

[Otter]

If you can't feed kids don't have babies unless you plan on eating them.

[Donger]

Here's a fun figure: 46.3 million Americans are on food stamps.

[Extra Point]

If you can't feed kids don't have babies unless you plan on eating them.

That comment came Swift.

[Sofa King]

If you can't feed kids don't have babies unless you plan on eating them.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMLzx_BZlGW5xuttJaunVzq1zkP5cG5RzT1xES5SaY4u7zGLp1AInETWecYQ

"Damn, it broke. Looks like I'm going to have to eat this kid..."

[InChiefsHeaven]

Bring food items to your church...probably any time will do, not just once a year.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Here's a fun figure: 46.3 million Americans are on food stamps.

Fun figure that, indeed.

[luv]

Bring food items to your church...probably any time will do, not just once a year.

Since you obviously tithe at church, does that mean you don't give any money to charity?

[luv]

Give or don't give. If you don't care, don't give. If you give to your church, great. I just thought I'd put a reminder out there. That's all.

[tooge]

Lets do stamp out obesity instead. Only bring healthy stuff

[InChiefsHeaven]

Since you obviously tithe at church, does that mean you don't give any money to charity?

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound nasty. I was just saying that you can always bring food items to your church all year long and they will disperse them properly. Well, hopefully anyway.

[Fairplay]

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound nasty. I was just saying that you can always bring food items to your church all year long and they will disperse them properly. Well, hopefully anyway.



Yes. I gave my time at a food bank and church organizations were always dropping off food donations. It was humbling to be a part of it actually.

[Lzen]

So you're saying the mail person is going to pick up all those food items? Sounds like a lot for them to be carrying around. I wonder if my kids' schools are doing anything.

[InChiefsHeaven]

So you're saying the mail person is going to pick up all those food items? Sounds like a lot for them to be carrying around. I wonder if my kids' schools are doing anything.

That was the other thing, how can they logistically carry all that stuff around?

[luv]

So you're saying the mail person is going to pick up all those food items? Sounds like a lot for them to be carrying around. I wonder if my kids' schools are doing anything.

They've done it every year for 20 years now. Not too big of a deal for those with driving routes. I think those that have walking routes do one street at a time, taking what they collect back to their mail truck before going to the next street if they need to. Everything goes back to the post office, gets weighed, and then gets taken to a local food pantry. They pick up the items from schools that kids have collected as well. Last year, nationally, letter carriers picked up 70.2 million lbs of food.

[luv]

That was the other thing, how can they logistically carry all that stuff around?

Seriously? You guys think letter carriers head out on foot from the post office and have no other means of carrying things? I know people think letter carriers are brainless, lazy people, but come on.

[luv]

http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/

[Canofbier]

Here's a fun figure: 46.3 million Americans are on food stamps.

What?! I've always wanted to be on a stamp; why didn't they ask me to be one of these people? :shake:

Honestly though, it's always a positive thing to donate food, so thanks for making this thread.