‘Stamp Out Hunger’ brings thousands of pounds of food for local food bank

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) –  This weekend the National Letter Carrier’s Association collected all across the Cape Fear not just mail – but food that will go back to help feed families in our area.

The annual ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ food drive collected non perishable foods mailbox to mailbox and door to door around the country this weekend.

Locally ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ went to help food banks like the Food Bank of Central and Eastern here in Wilmington.

The food bank reports they’ve already gathered 10% more than in 2017 with 72,000 pounds of food in Wilmington alone.

They are waiting to gather final numbers from the neighboring counties, but already that food collected will amount to more than 60 thousand meals.