LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — You’ll be able to assist fill the cabinets of the Higher Lansing Meals Financial institution on Saturday—and you will not even want to depart your driveway.
The Nationwide Affiliation of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive is scheduled for Saturday. To take part, depart a bag of nonperishible, unexpired meals donations close to the mailbox. Meals financial institution volunteers and letter carriers will deal with the remaining.
The drive has been held yearly since 1993, ever since just a few NALC leaders had the thought to make scattered, particular person meals collections a coordinated, nationwide effort. 10 cities held a pilot drive in October 1991 and a revamped drive was held in Could 1993—gathering greater than 11 million kilos of meals.
For the reason that meals drive’s inception, it has collected round 1.9 billion kilos of meals.
The Higher Lansing Meals Financial institution says Stamp Out Starvation raises 50,000 to 65,000 meals annually for the world.
In accordance with the Higher Lansing Meals Financial institution, luggage particularly for the drive have already been distributed in mailboxes throughout the world.
