If you’ve been meaning to do something to help families in need but have been procrastinating or busy, Saturday, May 9, is the day for you.
All you have to do is put non-perishable food in a plastic bag and stick it by your mailbox on May 9. Postal carriers at the National Association of Letter Carriers’ local chapter, NALC #374, will do the rest. All food collected during the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive—the largest one-day drive in the nation—stays local.
“Let’s face it, everybody is pressed on time, but this is an easy way to give,” said Andy Brunsman, executive director of Be Concerned: The People’s Pantry. “In fact, it couldn’t get any easier to give.”
The Covington-based organization, which provides food and other services to 2,500 families a month around the region, is one of seven food-based agencies and groups in Northern Kentucky who will receive and distribute the canned and boxed food collected on May 9.
Besides Be Concerned, the others include:
- St. Vincent de Paul of Northern Kentucky
- Brighton Center
- Pantry of Hope (Alexandria)
- Action Ministries (Latonia)
- CARE Mission (Alexandria)
- St. Paul Episcopal Church Pantry (Newport).
Brunsman said the drive provides much-needed variety that supplements the food the organizations typically give out. And it comes at an urgent time.
“Organizations across the board in Northern Kentucky who work with families continue to see significantly large increases in the number of families requesting services,” he said.
The good news, he said, is that the region has a history of being generous.
“What makes Northern Kentucky so special are the neighbors sticking up for neighbors,” Brunsman said.