Letter Carriers to Deliver Hope for Those Impacted by Economy

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Set for May 9

SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 letter carriers
throughout the seven-county metro area will participate in Stamp Out Hunger on
May 9, 2009 in an effort to collect food for and deliver hope to those
impacted by the recession. Stamp Out Hunger is the National Association of
Letter Carriers (NALC) annual food drive that locally supports Second Harvest
Heartland, the Upper Midwest's largest hunger-relief organization.

"Six days a week our letter carriers deliver the mail, but on May 9 they'll
deliver hope -- the hope that, as a community, we can work together to Stamp
Out Hunger," said Pam Donato, president, National Association of Letter
Carriers Branch 9, Minneapolis.

According to Donato, metro-area letter carriers collected nearly one million
pounds of food during last year's one-day food drive. This year's metro-wide
goal is to collect 1.2 million pounds of food. "This year's food drive is more
important than ever as a record number of Minnesotans are now unemployed and
countless others face economic uncertainty. One million pounds of food will go
a long way toward helping our hungry neighbors."

"There is no question that the economy is hitting a lot of Minnesotans hard
and forcing more and more people to seek help putting food on their table,"
said Rob Zeaske, executive director of Second Harvest Heartland. "On May 9,
helping those in need is as easy as a trip to the mailbox. Stamp Out Hunger is
an opportunity for the community to join together in the crucial fight to end
hunger."

In the coming weeks, postal customers will receive a blue Stamp Out Hunger
donation bag with their mail. They simply need to fill the bag with
non-perishable, non-breakable food items and leave it by their mail box on May
9. Letter carriers from Minneapolis Branch 9 and St. Paul Branch 28 will
collect the donations as they deliver the mail on their regular metro and
suburban residential routes in the seven-county metro area. The food will be
unloaded from postal vehicles at 28 Cub Foods locations throughout the
afternoon and will then be shipped to Second Harvest Heartland's Minneapolis
Service Center, located at 3100 California Street NE, for distribution to area
food shelves. The public can also support Stamp Out Hunger by visiting any
Twin Cities TCF location now through May 9 to make a financial donation.

In its 17th year, Stamp Out Hunger is the nation's largest single-day food
drive. Last year, letter carriers nationwide collected more than 73 million
pounds of food. Local sponsors include National Association of Letter Carriers
Branch 9, Minneapolis and Branch 28, St. Paul; Cub Foods; TCF; Minnesota
Transport Services Association; and WCCO Radio. For a complete listing of
participating Cub Foods and TCF locations or to learn more about Stamp Out
Hunger or how to help, visit www.stampouthunger.2harvest.org.

About Second Harvest Heartland
Second Harvest Heartland is the Upper Midwest's largest hunger-relief
organization, with a mission of ending hunger through community partnerships.
41 million pounds of grocery products were distributed last year to hungry
seniors, families and children through more than 1,000 non-profit member
agencies and programs, including food shelves, soup kitchens, shelters, senior
centers, faith-based organizations, and children's after-school programs
serving 59 counties in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. For each $1 donated,
Second Harvest Heartland can distribute more than $9 worth of grocery products
for those in need. For further information, visit www.2harvest.org or call
651.484.5117.

SOURCE Second Harvest Heartland

Patty Gibbs of Patty Gibbs & Company PR, +1-651-653-7302,
patty@pattygibbscompany.com, for Second Harvest Heartland