PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State rowing collected over 2,000 pounds of food and $400 for the Pullman Food Bank, as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, last Saturday, May 4.
Members of the Cougar rowing team were stationed at Walmart, Dissmore's IGA of Pullman and Safeway during the day Saturday. The Pullman Food Bank, a division of Pullman Child Welfare, keeps all food collected locally.
Due to scheduling, WSU rowing held its drive a week early. The NALC's 27th Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will take place May 11, 2019.
Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation.
Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of food the past 25 years.
Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved.
