PSA for all my friends in the States! Stamp Out Hunger drive!

[Tikatu]

Tomorrow, May 12th, is Stamp Out Hunger day! The USPS, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers, is collecting non-perishable foods to restock the pantries of food banks all across the nation. Please leave a bag of canned or boxed, non-perishable food beside/in your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up tomorrow! Thanks for participating and working to stamp out hunger in the US!

[laurat99]

Got my bag ready! It's been rainy the past few years, so I'm excited it will be dry.

[notdrinkingthekoolaid]

I'm not sure how that would work considering I live in an apartment and our mailboxes are in a central area. It's more likely to get picked up by another tenant than the mail carrier.

[co_heir]

Our bag is ready.

[Away-From-The-Umbrella]

(05-11-2012 02:33 PM)notdrinkingthekoolaid Wrote:  I'm not sure how that would work considering I live in an apartment and our mailboxes are in a central area. It's more likely to get picked up by another tenant than the mail carrier.

I also have a common mail box area and am thinking about dropping the bag off at the post office.

[notdrinkingthekoolaid]

(05-11-2012 05:47 PM)Away-From-The-Umbrella Wrote:  

(05-11-2012 02:33 PM)notdrinkingthekoolaid Wrote:  I'm not sure how that would work considering I live in an apartment and our mailboxes are in a central area. It's more likely to get picked up by another tenant than the mail carrier.

I also have a common mail box area and am thinking about dropping the bag off at the post office.

I'm too lazy...*blushes*

In a few weeks when school is out, I'm planning to take the kids to the food bank and make a donation. Think that will make up for it??

[beth]

I tried setting the bag out tonight, but the ants started looking at it. So I'll have to put it out in the morning.

[Tikatu]

(05-11-2012 05:47 PM)Away-From-The-Umbrella Wrote:  

(05-11-2012 02:33 PM)notdrinkingthekoolaid Wrote:  I'm not sure how that would work considering I live in an apartment and our mailboxes are in a central area. It's more likely to get picked up by another tenant than the mail carrier.

I also have a common mail box area and am thinking about dropping the bag off at the post office.

That's what I'd suggest if you have cluster boxes (that's the technical term for them). The nearest post office branch would be happy to take donations, I'm sure. Or take them to the food bank yourself.

If you wanted to make your mail carrier sweat for it, put a few cans in your box...

[Tikatu]

(05-11-2012 09:30 PM)beth Wrote:  I tried setting the bag out tonight, but the ants started looking at it. So I'll have to put it out in the morning.

I'm sending the vast majority -- I shopped at Aldi with this in mind and got a lot of canned stuff --to work with my hubby in the morning. (It's nice to have a mailman in the house!) The stuff in boxes and a couple of coffee cans will go with our route mailman in the afternoon.