The Letter Carrier Food Drive was a great success!  Last year we raised 90,000 pounds of food for hungry Arkansans.  This year our goal was 100,000 pounds.  With more food coming in this week, with your help, we have collected 101,000 pounds.  Thank You!  

These are photos of events leading up to the food drive and pictures of the food being brought into the Arkansas Foodbank.

The Food Drive officially kicked off at the Press conference at the downtown Little Rock Post office.  Governor Beebe was the guest of honor with five of the mayors of Pulaski county cities and County Judge Buddy Villines in attendance.

David Mason, Little Rock letter carrier, escorts children from a local school to the food drop off point at the Press conference.

Mike Brown, North Little Rock letter carrier, addresses the crowd at the Press conference.

Clinton Elementary School has participated in the letter carrier food drive for several years. 

Clinton Elementary Press Conference

David Mason thanks the children and principle at Baseline Elementary for their hard work

Loading the collected food from from Baseline Elementary.

The first truck arrives at the Arkansas Foodbank Network.

It takes a lot of volunteers to make a large food drive like this work.

Cans have to be separated from boxes and bags.

A group of Target volunteers put in several hours.

Pat Salmon and Sons volunteered trucks and drivers for the food drive.

Weighing the food as it comes off the trucks.

Karen Erren with the Arkansas Foodbank

STAMP OUT HUNGER! 2007

On Saturday, May 12, 2007, Central Arkansas letter carriers will collect food donations to benefit those at greatest hunger risk in an effort to fight hunger during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) 15^th Annual Stamp Out Hunger! food drive.

 Beyond the Call of Duty...

·        The Stamp Out Hunger! drive is a nationwide effort to provide food to local food banks and pantries, which would otherwise have depleted stocks during the summer months, to help feed the hungry on a daily basis. 

·        The nation’s 230,000 letter carriers will be collecting food donations in more than 10,000 local communities and delivering them to food bank members of America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network and other hunger relief organizations.

 ·        Last year the letter carriers collected over 70 million pounds of food from generous    Americans, bringing their impressive total to more than 765 million pounds since 1993.

 ·        Campbell Soup Company is supporting this important initiative by kicking off the food drive with a national donation of one million pounds of soup and other food and beverage items that will be donated to food banks across the country. 

 ·        Arkansas Foodbank will be the Central Arkansas drop off point for all donations.

 The Face of Hunger…

·        According to the America’s Second Harvest, 35 million Americans are food insecure, hungry or at risk of hunger.  Approximately one in four people in a soup kitchen line is a child.

 You Can Help...

·        Helping Stamp Out Hunger! in Central Arkansas is as easy as checking your mailbox.  Just leave a bag of non-perishable food where your letter carrier normally delivers your mail.  Your letter carrier will then pick up and deliver the food to a local food bank.  Examples of non-perishable items include:

·        Canned soup

·        Canned meats and fish

·        Canned juices

·        Canned vegetables and fruits

·        Boxed goods (such as cereal)

·        Pasta and rice

 ·        To find out more about the Stamp Out Hunger! effort in your community, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office or visit www.helpstampouthunger.com.