Help “Stamp Out Hunger”

For the past several years, Humanitarian Service Project has been a happy participant of the annual “Stamp out Hunger” food drive run by the National Association of Letter Carriers. This event is the largest one-day food collection in the country, and, in its 20 year history, has managed to reach hungry people all across the nation with over 1.1 billion pounds of food.

(An example of the food for the needy we received through Stamp Out Hunger Last Year.)

This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Drive is quickly approaching on Saturday May 12^th. Food donated through the event goes through the post office to community groups who combat hunger like HSP. As you can guess, May 12^th will be a big day for us at HSP, picking up and sorting all the food we are set to receive through the event. In the past we’ve also been blessed to have friends of the project willing to volunteer their time to make the event run smoothly. This year, we still have a few volunteer slots open to meet at the Willowbrook and Carol Stream Post Offices to help load our rented trucks with the collected food. Volunteers are needed at the Carol Stream post office from 3- 5:30 pm on the 12^th, and volunteers are needed at Willowbrook from 2 – 5:30.



Even if you cannot volunteer your time for the event, please consider making a donation to the drive if you live in a participating area. The food that HSP receives through the drive goes directly to the needy senior citizens in our Senior Citizen Project and the needy families we serve for our Feed the Kids program every summer, and millions more people affected by hunger are served by other participating agencies around the country. For more information about participating in the event check out this website: http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/, and if you’d be interested in volunteering your time specifically to help with the event, please call us at 630-221-8340