TULSA OK — On Saturday, May 12, you can make a difference for thousands of Americans by donating food as part of the "Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive." Nearly 229,000 letter carriers are preparing for the nation's largest one-day food drive in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America. Last year, letter carriers collected 70.5 million pounds of nonperishable foods, the third consecutive year that totals topped 70 million pounds.

In the city of Tulsa, members of the NALC Branch 1358 will collect nonperishable food from customers to be donated to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. Last year this food drive collected 128,000 pounds of food for relief programs the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma serves.

The U.S. Postal Service and Campbell Soup Company will once again partner to produce and mail 115 million postcards in early May to encourage participation. This year Reasors Foods is printing grocery bags that letter carriers will deliver to residents on May 9th and May 10^th. Printed on the bag will be information about the letter carriers' food drive and an explanation of how to participate. In addition to the grocery bags that can be left by your mailbox, a drive by donation drop off point has been designated at the R.W. Jenkins Station at 6910 S. Yorktown. The Postal Service will have volunteers near the collection box drive through entrance for customers who would like to drop of their donation for the food drive.

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An independent federal agency, the Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses — six days a week and also has 37,000 retail locations. It relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. USPS has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers more than 46 percent of the world's mail volume.