Help the Post Office 'Stamp Out Hunger' This Saturday
Mail carriers will be collecting non-perishable food from customers Saturday, May 11.
This Saturday, May 11, is the U.S. Postal Service’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Your mail carrier will be collecting canned and non-perishable foods this Saturday when your mail is delivered. You can leave a bag of food by your mailbox for pick-up. Berkeley County fares better than the rest of the state, but still has 15 percent of its population suffering from food insecurity. In South Carolina, 18.8 percent of the population suffers from food insecurity, according to FeedingAmerica.org. The closest food bank is Lowcountry Food Bank. One Saturday, you can donate “items like canned meats, fish, soup, bottled juice, vegetables, pasta, cereal and rice that do not require refrigeration,” according to the U.S. Postal Service. Please do not …
Hal Millard
1:21 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
Hopefully, the word came in enough time so that many (or at least some) of you were able to give. If that wasn't the case, and you still want to give food or donate some time, then I'd encourage you and others to locate your nearest food bank (via Google, phone book, etc), and help out. So as not to sound preachy and sanctimonious, I plan to do that myself in the coming week, visiting Lexington … more ›