Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive | Akron-canton Regional Foodbank

Serves as a National, annual single-day food drive to benefit local foodbank programs including Akron Canton Regional Foodbank. Accepts donations of nonperishable foods such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice, or cereal. - Event is led by the National Association of Letter Carriers. National partners include United States Postal Service, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, AFL-CIO, United Way Worldwide, Valpak, and Valassis.

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211 Summit

Physical Address

350 Opportunity Parkway, Akron, OH 44307

Hours

Held annually on the 2nd Saturday in May.

Fax

(330) 996-5337

Application process

To participate in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, area residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag of donated items next to their mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on the day of the food drive. Letter carriers from participating local post offices will collect these food donations as they deliver the mail and take them to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.

Fee

Not applicable.

Eligibility

Serves residents of Summit County.

Languages

None.

Service area

Summit County, Ohio

Agency info

Akron-canton Regional Foodbank

Provides food and other essential items to network partners in eight (8) Northeast Ohio counties: Summit, Carroll, Holmes, Medina, Portage, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne. Network partners operate more than 500 programs like food pantries, hot meal sites, shelters, and other hunger-relief programs in the neighborhoods and communities where people need food.