Chatbug Karen

Don’t forget that this Saturday, May 8, is the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive sponsored by the national association of letter carriers. The need for food for people has become worse since the economy has soured. More people than ever need our help. The current recession and the rise in unemployment are having a profound effect on the nation’s food banks. Never mind the need for weight loss products such as 7-dfbx during these hard times. The face of hunger has changed due to the high unemployment rate in our country. We need to ban together as a nation and make sure everyone has a little something to eat. To find out whether your letter carrier is participating in the stamp out hunger drive, search the USPS website for the contact information for your local post office. Check out Facebook and choose the like button on Campbell’s soup’s donation ad. They will give one can of soup to the food banks for each “like” they receive. You can make a difference.

My friend Val over at Mom Knows It All (You can ask her husband if this is true) is spotlighting Shoprite and their efforts to fight hunger. General Mills and ShopRite will donate one box of cereal to a food bank in ShopRite’s trading area for the first 30 comments she receives on her post.

ShopRite has been trying to fight hunger for more than twenty years, first as part of the Feeding America network (formerly America’s Second Harvest) and the Checkout Hunger program. In 1999 ShopRite took their desire to fight hunger in the areas they serve to another level by creating ShopRite Partners In Caring (SRPIC). General Mills has been one of the program’s most supportive vendors. The ShopRite Partners In Caring program has donated more than $20 million to the 23 regional food banks and more than 1,400 charitable agencies it. The donations go to emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child care centers, battered women’s shelters, senior programs, programs for the mentally and physically disabled, drug rehab centers and after school programs.

Please read Val’s post to see other ways you can help fight hunger. Do you realize how much even one dollar helps fight this widespread tragedy? A $1 donation can purchase 10 pounds of food from a food bank. a little bit truly can go a long way.