SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - The folks in charge of the Stamp Out Hunger Day probably weren't big fans of the weather.
That did not stop efforts by the United States Postal Service though. Saturday they collected bags of food from homes across the country to donate to local food banks.
This is all part of the 25th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
The food donations started coming in around 5 p.m. But they were a little worried with the weather this year.
Stamp Out Hunger is a campaign with the National Association of Letter Carriers. It's a day where they try to make donations easy by having mail carriers pick up bags and boxes of nonperishable foods along with the mail.
These donations are now coming into local food banks like this one. But with the weather Saturday, they hope it did not discourage donations this year.
"You know the community supports us in so many ways, so we know that they'll recognize that maybe things didn't go as well," said Mary Jane Crouch, Executive Director. "And if they always give, they'll drop it off at their post office and make sure we have that food to get through."
We are told summertime is when donations tend to be slow. But it's also when they see more demand at their food banks. Families are in greater need when children are out of school.
They see less items coming during this time with people traveling and out of town. So, they are counting on donations they collect now to restock their shelves.
"We are really hopeful," said Mary Jane Crouch, Executive. "This is the way that we get through Summer. You know, children get out of school, so our needs actually go up a lot during the Summer. We cook a lot more meals for Summer kids' cafes. We do more backpacks for kids taking backpacks home. So, we get really busy. It's a time parents really struggle to make ends meet."
Here last year they collected 78,000 pounds off food from this event. But this year they did say that there are a lot less donations coming in.
What they're hoping is that weather may have delayed the mail carriers, so they are planning to be here later as more donations come in.
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