Stamp Out Hunger
I think that one of the best things that you can do for your children is to instill in them a sense of a bigger world. You know, this idea that our own little corner of the world isn’t the most important, that there are people in the greater community that need our help, that we can each change make a difference in our own way.
So, with that in mind, I would encourage you to ask your children to help you participate in a national food drive. Saturday, May 12, 2007 is Stamp Out Hunger Day sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. On that day, letter carriers will collect non-perishable donations as they deliver mail along their postal routes. To participate, leave non-perishable food donations such as canned meat, fish and soup, and cereals, pasta and rice in a bag near your mailbox (or if you’re in a city, like me, on your porch) before your mail carrier arrives. The donations will be taken to your local post office and then delivered to a local food bank, pantry or shelter.
Since its inception in 1993, the drive has collected and delivered 765.5 million pounds of food to help hungry families in our communities. So, this Saturday, do your part (and have your children help) to push that number higher.
Co-sponsors of the drive are the U.S. Postal Service, Campbell Soup Company, Cox Target Media-Valpak, United Way, the AFL-CIO, and America’s Second Harvest food bank network.
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