STAMP OUT HUNGER

							                                         STAMP OUT HUNGER 2012
                                           Food Drive Fact Sheet

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, Campbell Soup Company will team up with [Insert City] Letter Carriers (NALC) to
collect food donations in order to provide assistance to the millions of Americans who are struggling with hunger
each and every day.

Beyond the Call of Duty...
 The Stamp Out Hunger food drive is a nationwide effort that provides food to local food banks and pantries that
   would otherwise be faced with depleted stocks during the summer months. Food banks across the country
   continue to experience record demand for emergency food assistance.

   The nation’s 210,000 letter carriers will collect food donations left at the mailboxes of generous Americans in
    more than 10,000 communities and deliver them to food banks and other hunger relief organizations.

   Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive is the nation’s largest single-
    day food drive, having collected more than one billion pounds of food since its inception in 1993. In 2011,
    generous Americans donated 70.2 million pounds of food, which marked the eighth consecutive year that at
    least 70 million pounds were collected.

   Campbell Soup Company will kick off this year’s food drive with a donation of one million pounds of food to
    Feeding America.

   [Insert Local Information, Such As Donation Statistics, Kick-Off Event Details, Participating Food Bank, As
    Appropriate].


The Face of Hunger…
 Despite the generosity of millions of Americans who have supported the letter carriers' food drive in previous
   years, the need for food assistance has never been greater. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
   annual study measuring food security in the United States, the number of Americans living in food insecure
   homes was nearly 49 million in 2011, and one in five of these people was a child (16 million).

   A recent survey conducted by Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization,
    found that nearly half (46 percent) of households served reported having to choose between paying a utility bill
    or purchasing food.

You Can Help...
 Helping Stamp Out Hunger in [Insert City] is as easy as checking your mailbox. Just leave a bag of non-
   perishable food where your letter carrier normally delivers your mail on Saturday, May 12. Your letter carrier
   will then pick up and deliver the food to a local food bank. Examples of non-perishable items include:
           o Canned soup
           o Canned meats and fish
           o Canned vegetables, fruits and juices
           o Boxed goods (such as cereal)
           o Pasta and rice

   For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive in [Insert City], ask your letter carrier,
    contact your local post office or visit either www.helpstampouthunger.com or
    www.facebook.com/StampOutHunger, and follow the drive at www.twitter.com/StampOutHunger.

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