Community service

Food Drive tool kit

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Are food drive donations tax-deductible?

All donations to the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger^® Food Drive are tax-deductible because all of the food collected on Food Drive Day is given directly to non-profit charity food agencies in the community the food was collected. Though the National Association of Letter Carriers plans the Food Drive’s logistics and letter carriers provide the transportation for each donor’s generous donation, the National Association of Letter carriers is not the agency that gets listed on tax forms for claiming deductions. There are more than 10,000 food agencies throughout the country that receive these donations, so if you itemize your taxes and want to provide proper credit for your Food Drive donations, you will need to determine the name of the agency (food pantry or other charity) that received your food, as well as the agency’s address and tax identification number for proper reporting on your tax-filing forms. The Food Drive Coordinator at your local post office (click here for a post office locator) should be able to give you the name of the receiving agency, and that agency will likely have tax information handy.

Buy your official Stamp Out Hunger^® merchandise online

The online Stamp Out Hunger store is now available, with products available for purchase in quantities starting at just one—no bulk ordering necessary. Click here to get started.

Send us your photos!

You can upload photos from this year’s Food Drive by dragging and dropping the files into a special Hightail “cloud” folder—no user name or password required. Once you get on the site, it's self explanatory. Click here to access the Hightail folder. You can also email photos to social@nalc.org. Please identify your city and/or NALC branch. Photos may be posted online or published in a future edition of The Postal Record, NALC’s monthly magazine for members.

Still can’t find what you need? After reading through these pages you still have questions regarding the Food Drive, email us at fooddrivesocial@nalc.org.

• Useful links

  Nearest post office, “People Who Help” directory, UFCW’s local Locator, Directory of United Way labor liaisons and labor agencies, Hunger in America (statistics)

• Stamp Out Hunger Media Center

  Links to Food Drive public service announcements featuring Edward James Olmos and other videos

• Certificates and Thank You Cards

  Certificates—appreciation, volunteer activity and thank-you cards

• Food Drive coordinators: Start here

  Click here to get information specifically geared for branch, state and regional food drive coordinators.

• Artwork

  Food Drive logos, partner logos, ‘Family Circus’ art

• Getting partners and sponsors

  Resources (brochure, video) for use in helping branch Food Drive coordinators build local relationships and to grow their local drives.

• Promotional materials

  Learn more about specially designed Food Drive bags, promotional items for sale, postcards, posters, flyers and more.

• Food Drive history

  and background