For the 3rd year, our Food Pantry has received thousands of pounds of food from the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Led by the National Association of Letter Carriers on the second Saturday each May, the event has grown into the nation’s largest one-day food drive.
Letter carriers throughout the Westside picked up much-needed donations of nonperishable food items from generous neighbors along their routes, delivering them to The Other Way throughout the afternoon of May 9. We were honored to have 62 volunteers contribute 195 hours of time to sort, stack and shelve over 12,500 pounds of food. Some of the most popular donations included canned vegetables, tuna and pasta – which are equally as popular with Westside neighbors who use our pantry.
“This is a beautiful example of neighbors supporting neighbors,” said Food Program Director Bethany Joseph. “Westsiders were again generous with their donations this year, which will help us keep our shelves stocked as we head into summer.
“We appreciate the efforts from our wonderful letter carriers, who added food collection and delivery in addition to their regular mail routes on Saturday. We’re also so grateful for our wonderful volunteers, who donated hours of time to make this drive another huge success!”
