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Priority Mail: Nourishing Hungry Central Texans
19th Annual “Stamp Out Hunger” the Nation’s Largest One-Day Food Drive This Saturday, May 14
Austin, TX — How
it works
- Help the Capital Area Food Bank
(CAFB) and the National Association of Letter Carriers nourish hungry Central
Texans during the largest one-day food drive in the nation, “Stamp Out Hunger,”
on Saturday, May 14.
- H-E-B provides donation bags which
are placed in mailboxes across Central Texas
this week. If you don’t receive a H-E-B bag, any other sturdy paper or plastic
bag will do.
- Place a bag of healthy,
non-perishable food next to your mailbox before your regular mail delivery on
Saturday, May 14 and your letter carrier will pick it up for you and deliver to
the Food Bank.
- All food collected locally will be
made available to the Food Bank’s 355 Partner Agencies in 21 Central Texas counties.
- This year’s goal is 200,000 pounds of
food.
- Can also drop off your food donation
at one of four H-E-B stores on Saturday between 11 a.m. and 3
p.m.
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HEB South: 6900 Brodie Lane, Austin,
TX 78745
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HEB North: 10710 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759
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HEB West: 701 S Capital of Texas Hwy Westlake Hills, TX
78746
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HEB East: 2508 E. Riverside Drive, Austin TX
78741
Visual
Opportunities/Interviews
- 10:30 a.m. – 4
p.m., Saturday, May 14, follow a Letter Carrier on their
walking route in Austin. (It is preferred that media do not
approach other carriers, please).
To coordinate, call directly and they will let you
know where to meet them:
- John Gutierrez - East Austin Station - 1914 E. 6th -
cell # is 775-6173
- Bill Saegert - Northcross Station - 7700 Northcross Dr.
- cell # is 585-6949
- 4 p.m. – 6
p.m., Saturday May 14, join
hundreds of postal workers, CAFB president and CEO Hank Perret, and volunteers sorting donated food at
the Food Bank. Postal vehicles will also be delivering food at various
times.
Suggested
Donation Items
- Canned meats like tuna, stew and
chili; peanut butter; canned vegetables; pasta and pasta sauce; beans and
healthy cereals.
About
Capital Area Food Bank of Texas:
The mission of the Capital
Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) is to nourish hungry people and lead the
community in ending hunger. Since 1982, CAFB in collaboration with more than 350
partner agencies has been helping Central Texans in need providing healthy food,
nutritional program assistance and education, so they can make better choices at
mealtime. In the past 12 months, CAFB distributed more than 25 million pounds of
food to 300,000 Central Texans in its 21 county service territory.
For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and its programs,
visit www.austinfoodbank.org or
call 512/282-2111.
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