EVERETT — Look out for a bright yellow bag in your mailbox this week as the 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive approaches.<\/p>\n
The food drive — organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers — takes place each year on the second Saturday in May.<\/p>\n
Letter carriers across the country, including in Snohomish County, collect nonperishable food donations as they deliver mail. The donations go directly to local food banks.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the food drive in 1993, letter carriers have collected nearly 2 billion pounds of food nationwide, according to the National Association of Letter Carriers.<\/p>\n
The food drive takes place in the spring to restock local food banks as donations from the holiday season begin to run low.<\/p>\n
In Snohomish County, about 93,000 people experienced food insecurity in 2023, the latest year of data available through nonprofit Feeding America<\/a>. That’s about 11% of the county’s population. Over the past year, local food banks have been dealing with increased demand<\/a> amid uncertainty around food assistance programs on top of federal funding cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n To participate in the food drive, leave nonperishable food donations by your mailbox on Saturday using the provided bag or any container.<\/p>\n Jenna Peterson: 425-339-3486; jenna.peterson@heraldnet.com<\/a>; X: @jennarpetersonn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The event is in its 33rd year. Those wishing to participate can leave nonperishable food items by their mailbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":896824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2026\/05\/06\/annual-letter-carrier-food-drive-takes-place-saturday\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Annual letter carrier food drive takes place Saturday","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/05\/06\/annual-letter-carrier-food-drive-takes-place-saturday\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/05\/06\/annual-letter-carrier-food-drive-takes-place-saturday\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/42245724_web1_L1-PostalFoodDrive-EDH-250507-fs.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/42245724_web1_L1-PostalFoodDrive-EDH-250507-fs.jpg"},"articleSection":"Local News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenna Peterson"}],"creator":["Jenna Peterson"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-05-06T21:15:00Z","datePublished":"2026-05-06T21:15:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-06T21:18:21Z"},"rendered":"