The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a nationwide event that takes place annually on the second Saturday in May. This web site is for local coverage of the Food Drive in the area represented by NALC South Central Indiana Branch 828. Much of the information contained herein pertains specifically to Bloomington and Monroe County, but there is also material for the other areas served by Branch 828. These other areas include Greene, Lawrence, and Owen Counties, and the city of Martinsville in Morgan County.  Branch 828 also assists with the Food Drive in Nashville in Brown County.

Receive 500 bonus points for Labels for Education by participating in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Click on the picture for details.

How does it work?
On Saturday, May 9, letter carriers and numerous volunteers pick up donations of food that people have set out by their mailboxes. These donations are brought back to the Post Office where they are sorted while waiting for additional donations to arrive. As sorting containers become full, they are loaded unto trucks provided by local food pantries. By having volunteers assist with picking up the food, and doing the sorting as it comes in, the donations will be ready for use as soon as they arrive at the food pantry. 

Rather than setting out donations by mailboxes, donors can take their contributions to local post offices and various other drop-off locations prior to May 9th. These other locations will include several locations in Downtown Bloomington beginning on May 1st and possibly some neighborhood locations on May 7th and 8th. The complete list will be posted closer to those dates.

For a downloadable brochure about the Food Drive in South Central Indiana, click on the brochure cover at right (pdf).

For the past fifteen years, Branch 828 has partnered with Hoosier Hills Food Bank (HHFB) in Bloomington for the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive. HHFB is a central collector and distributor of food with a six county service area.  The Food Bank handles the task of coordinating volunteers for the Food Drive in Monroe County. Contact Kim to volunteer - volunteer@hhfoodbank.org or 334-8374.

Kroger and JayC Food Stores have given support to local Food Drive efforts for several years by providing plastic grocery bags for distribution in the mail a few days before the Food Drive. A card will be attached to the bags explaining what they are for. Kroger provides bags for use in Monroe County and Martinsville. Kroger also gives other support to Hoosier Hills Food Bank during the year. Jay C Food Stores, a subsidiary of Kroger, provides bags for Lawrence County.

VOLUNTEER

To volunteer in Monroe County to help either collect or sort donations, contact Kim at Hoosier Hills Food Bank: 334-8374 or volunteer@hhfoodbank.org.

To volunteer elsewhere in Branch 828’s South Central Indiana area, contact the appropriate person on the list below. To volunteer in some other area, contact your local post office to get the name of the local Food Drive Coordinator.

CONTACTS

Primary contact person for this event is Branch 828 Food Drive Coordinator Jerry Sutherlin who can be reached at 812-272-3347 or 2009@stampouthungersci.org.

Other contacts for Branch 828 are

• Lawrence County Coordinator - Jan Allen - bedford2009@stampouthungersci.org
• Linton Coordinator - Mary Ison - linton2009@stampouthungersci.org
• Martinsville Coordinator - Ted Graphman - martinsville2009@stampouthungersci.org
• Monroe County - Liz Feitl, AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison with United Way of Monroe County - 812-334-8370 or blmgtn2009@stampouthungersci.org

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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

Full page flyers (pdf)

The two flyers on the right mention Hoosier Hills Food Bank as the recipient of all donations and, therefore, should only be used in Bloomington/Monroe County. The other flyers are generic and can be used anywhere.

Artwork for use in newsletters (jpg)

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