Help Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger on May 10

WASHINGTON, May. 05 /PRNewswire/ --

Nation's Largest Food Drive Helps Millions of Americans in Need

WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released by the U.S. Postal Service:

What:

Letter carriers nationwide will join forces to help stamp out hunger by collecting non-perishable food items and delivering them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters across the country.

Who:

U.S. Postal Service

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

Campbell Soup Company

Second Harvest

When:

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Where:

Nationwide

Background:

An estimated 35 million people are at risk of hunger in America, including 12 million children. Since 1993, the Postal Service and the NALC have partnered on this campaign to stamp out hunger. It has grown to become the world's largest, single-day food drive, collecting more than three-quarters of a billion pounds of food since its inception.

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation - 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail.