Stamp+out+hunger

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= May 12, 2012=


 * nationwide drive has collected more than one billion pounds of donated food since it began 20 years ago
 * Residents are asked to place non-perishable, protein-rich foods in a bag next to their mailboxes prior to regular mail delivery
 * Letter carriers collect the donations which are then delivered to FOOD Share
 * they 74,500 hungry friends and neighbors in Ventura County every month

> Non-perishable food items such as canned soup, vegetables, meats, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, p asta, r ice, beans, and cereal.
 * **What to donate:**

**Why:** One in four Americans is worried about having enough money to put food on the table in the next year, according to a national hunger survey by Hart Research Associates, commissioned by the [|__Food Research and Action Center__] (FRAC) and [|__Tyson Foods, Inc.__] (NYSE: TSN). According to FRAC, o f the 50.2 million people living in food insecure households (up from 36.2 million in 2008), 33 million are adults (14.5 percent of all adults) and 17.2 million are children (23.2 percent of all children).

__**One-Day Food Drive details:**__


 * When: ** One day – Saturday, May 12, 2012


 * Where: ** Postal routes throughout Oxnard, Ventura, Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills or drop off a donation to a participating postal collection center:

//41 S. Wake Forrest Dr.//, Ventura //675 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura//

// 1961 North “C” St., Oxnard 3435 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks //