National Letter Carriers

The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is held annually on the second weekend in May, the Saturday before Mother’s Day, and is the largest food drive in the nation. Island Harvest helps to collect food, repack it and distributes it to more than 500 member agencies throughout Long Island. What can you do? On the designated day, leave your non-perishable food for your letter carrier to pick up. It’s that simple! Island Harvest and other charitable organizations staff and volunteers receive the food and distribute it to our agencies and programs that help feed over a quarter of a million individuals and families. Food collected stays on Long island.

How can you help?

• Be a Block Captain – Pass out bags to your block and remind your neighbors to fill them and place the food in front of the mail box.
• Be a Site Coordinator – Coordinate volunteers, register volunteers, oversee unloading of the mail trucks, hand out snacks, water and drinks.
• Be a Warehouse Volunteer – Load Island Harvest vehicles as they come back from delivering to our member network.

See photos from our 2009 Letter Carriers Food Drive

To learn more about Letter Carriers Food Drive, please contact Doreen at: 516-294-8528 ext 14 or doreen@islandharvest.org.

Volunteer for the National Letter Carrier Food Drive

Click here to Register your own Food Drive