Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Wilton, CT – Person to Person (P2P) is participating in the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger (Postal) Food Drive on Saturday, May 13, 2023. All three P2P food pantries are collaborating with local post offices to help re-stock the P2P pantries, making it easy for residents in lower Fairfield County to participate.
The need for food assistance has never been greater. According to the latest DataHaven survey, the percentage of Connecticut adults who say they did not have enough money to buy food nearly doubled in 2022. Pandemic relief programs have faded, leaving many residents hit hard by food insecurity.
“The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is thrilled to be partnering with P2P again for the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive,” shared Dominick Frattaroli, Vice President, Branch 60, NALC. “While it’s great distributing the Stamp Out Hunger grocery bags the week before, it’s even better picking up the bags on May 13th full of food donations!”
In the last year, P2P has distributed enough healthy groceries for nearly 2.5 million meals through its food pantries in Stamford, Norwalk and Darien and its Door2Door home delivery program. This is a 15% increase over the prior year. The only way P2P can sustain this level of service is with support from the community with food donations and monetary donations.
“P2P is vital to many families’ ability to put food on their table,” P2P CEO Nancy Coughlin said. “We rely heavily on food donations and the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a significant contributor to keeping our food pantries stocked. We encourage residents who have the resources to be generous and participate on May 13.”
Here’s how you can support STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE on Saturday, May 13:
• DARIEN: Leave your food donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 by 9am. Your letter carrier and food drive volunteers will pick up and deliver your donation to P2P; OR, drop off your food donation to P2P Darien,1864 Post Road, Darien, between 9am – 4pm.
• NORWALK: Leave your food donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 by 9am. Your letter carrier and food drive volunteers will pick up and deliver your donation to P2P; OR, drop off your food donation at the P2P collection site at the South Norwalk Community Center, 98 South Main St, Norwalk, 1pm-6pm.
• STAMFORD: Leave your food donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 by 9am for your letter carrier to pick up; OR, drop off your food donation at USPS, 24 Camp Avenue, Stamford, between 4pm – 6pm. Please note that Stamford food donation will benefit the 90 member agencies of The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, of which P2P is one.
• WILTON: Leave your food donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 by 9am. Your letter carrier and food drive volunteers will pick up and deliver your donation to P2P; OR, drop off your food donation to P2P @ Wilton Post Office, 15 Hubbard Road, Wilton, between 3pm – 5pm.
For complete details and a list of most needed pantry items, visit p2pHelps.org/SOH.
