Locals help Stamp Out Hunger

Mailbox deliveries make it to local food pantry

(Seguin) – Thanks to the community’s generosity, the U.S. Post Office recently made a special delivery to the Christian Cupboard. Thanks to the annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, postal officials were able to deliver 11,200 pounds of food to the local food pantry. The drive is held every second Saturday in May. Across cities and towns in America, letter carriers collect the non-perishable food items left at the mailbox or on front porches during their normal mail routes.

Regina Lee, the executive director of the Christian Cupboard, is grateful for this extremely large donation. Lee says this was definitely the largest Stamp Out Hunger donation ever for the non- profit organization. She says it was just incredible to see that seven large postal bins had been filled by Seguin and McQueeney residents.

“As always, Seguin has showed up and has showed out. I mean 11, 000 pounds is a lot of food. It really is and on that one day pick up which is totally incredible,” said Lee.

Lee says this latest donation couldn’t have come at a better time for the Christian Cupboard. Earlier this month, Lee had made a public plea for donations after it had seen a spike in clients. Lee says the Cupboard was seeking enough donations to at least help it get through the end of the month.

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