Bluffton, Ohio letter carriers, as part of the USA National Association of Letter Carriers, are participating in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 9.

MEDIA RELEASE__This year’s Stamp Out Hunger, the largest single-day food drive in the nation, takes place on Saturday, May 9.

Customers are being asked to leave bags of nutritious, nonperishable food next to their mailboxes to be collected by USPS employees. The donations are then distributed to local food banks and pantries.

The drive takes place each year on the second Saturday in May and is timed to shore up dwindling food supplies in summer, when donations decrease and children no longer have access to school lunch programs.

The effort is spearheaded by the National Association of Letter Carriers, or NALC, which partners with USPS, other unions, the United Way and several businesses to carry it out.

The association’s website has more information on Stamp Out Hunger, including a history of the drive, which is nearing 2 billion pounds of food collected since its nationwide launch in 1993.