HEARD ON THE TOWN
TOMORROW IS a very important day for Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
That’s when Campbell Soup Co. joins forces with National Association of Letter Carriers to help the Chattanooga-area Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Now in its 20th year, the event has grown from a regional to a national effort that provides assistance to millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table, according to Holly Ashley, director of development at Chattanooga Food Bank.
The food drive is the nation’s largest single-day food drive benefiting Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. During 2011, Americans donated 70.2 million pounds of food. That was the eighth consecutive year that at least 70 million pounds were collected by letter carriers.
Chattanoogans and residents in surrounding communities are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing nonperishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal beside their mailbox before the time of regular mail delivery Saturday. Letter carriers will collect the food as they deliver mail on their routes and transport the donations to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.