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Speaker 1: dot com. Excited to have a guest today from the USPS.
Speaker 1: We have Eric and we're going to talk about snamp
Speaker 1: out Hunger. And this is a food drive that you
Speaker 1: guys do through the United States Postal Service. And it's
Speaker 1: sneaking right up on us, isn't it, Eric, It is.
Speaker 2: It's coming up very quickly. Saturday, May tenths. It's always
Speaker 2: the second Saturday in May, and this year falls on
Speaker 2: the tenth of.
Speaker 1: May, so May tenth is the day now if people
Speaker 1: would like to participate. You make it really easy to
Speaker 1: stamp out hunger. All we have to do is get
Speaker 1: the food and get it ready, and then when you're
Speaker 1: out doing your rounds, you guys pick it all up,
Speaker 1: don't you.
Speaker 2: Absolutely so you'll probably be seeing a postcard and a
Speaker 2: bag the week leading up to the tents and you
Speaker 2: can take that bag, and however, and many other bags
Speaker 2: you have laying around your house filled them up with
Speaker 2: non perishable grocery items and put those next to wherever
Speaker 2: you pick up your mail, whether that's the box by
Speaker 2: the street, the box on your house, the apartment lobby,
Speaker 2: or your centralized box unit. Wherever you pick up your mail,
Speaker 2: set out that non perishable, those food items, and we'll
Speaker 2: pick them up right around Saturday the tenth.
Speaker 1: Nice, let's talk about the dos and don'ts of stamp
Speaker 1: out hunger, because there are some things that we want
Speaker 1: people to leave, but there's probably some things we don't
Speaker 1: necessarily want left out too, don't we Right.
Speaker 2: So we obviously we want non perishable items. We want
Speaker 2: we don't want anything that would require any refrigeration. Also,
Speaker 2: we want to steer away from glass containers because we
Speaker 2: have to pick up a lot of food and you know,
Speaker 2: we don't want we want a few accidents as we
Speaker 2: can with glass, but otherwise you're basically just putting out
Speaker 2: whatever you would pick up for yourself. But we want
Speaker 2: to focus also on kind of high protein items high
Speaker 2: you know, meals in boxes, canned meats and proteins and stews, cereal. Also,
Speaker 2: peanut butter is a high demand item because there's a
Speaker 2: lot of kids at home during the summer. You know,
Speaker 2: without the benefit of the school lunch program, that that
Speaker 2: would have nine months out of the year. So we
Speaker 2: want to think about what kids would need when they're home,
Speaker 2: you know, they're not in school.
Speaker 1: And if you're doing a jar of peanut butter, make
Speaker 1: sure it's a plastic jar, not a glass jar. And
Speaker 1: then exactly and again, cans of things are great. Boxes
Speaker 1: of things are great, but don't put a gallon of
Speaker 1: milk in there, because that's not gonna that's not gonna
Speaker 1: stay very well, very long. Well yeah, but again it's
Speaker 1: a lot of the time, I think people can probably
Speaker 1: figure out what what makes sense and what doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1: And the reason we're having this chat so early because
Speaker 1: again it's coming up on May tenth, it's a while
Speaker 1: from now, but I thought, if we if we visit
Speaker 1: with you this early, you know, there's probably a few
Speaker 1: people going to be hitting the grocery store between now
Speaker 1: and then, and if you see some items on sale
Speaker 1: and you go, hey, I'm going to grab a few
Speaker 1: of those for me and a few of those for
Speaker 1: stamp out hunger, this would be a really nice way
Speaker 1: to prepare rather than finding out, you know, the day
Speaker 1: before the event and then you're just you know, digging
Speaker 1: through your cupboard trying to find things. We're giving you
Speaker 1: some time to plan for it and again stamp out hunger.
Speaker 1: This happens all over the nation on the same day, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a nationwide drive. A lot of the
Speaker 2: communities in South Dakota, throughout South Dkota are also participating.
Speaker 2: Suit Balls has been a part of this from the
Speaker 2: beginning and it's close to this has been going on
Speaker 2: close to thirty years now.
Speaker 1: I love that. And we have folks that listen online
Speaker 1: from all over the place, so they probably do it
Speaker 1: in your neighborhood. But be watching your mailbox for that
Speaker 1: postcard because if you see that postcard, for sure, do it.
Speaker 1: If you don't see it, you might just have cans
Speaker 1: of stuff sitting next to your mailbox for a while.
Speaker 1: That would be kind of weird.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's okay. But if we see that food
Speaker 2: out there, we'll pick it up and get it where
Speaker 2: it needs to go. And keep in mind that all
Speaker 2: donations stay local. So wherever you're hearing this message, if
Speaker 2: you have if you're participating in the food drive, whether
Speaker 2: it's suit Balls or Brookings or you know other smaller
Speaker 2: community throughout South Dakota. That food will stay at your
Speaker 2: nearest local food pantry to help those people in your neighborhood.
Speaker 1: I love that. Thank you for doing what you do.
Speaker 1: And you know, I've got several family members who currently
Speaker 1: work or have worked in the postal system, so I
Speaker 1: appreciate even maybe more than the regular person, what you
Speaker 1: guys do. And again, this is one of those things
Speaker 1: every year that I think is an amazing thing. Stamp
Speaker 1: out Hunger. It's coming up on the tenth of May,
Speaker 1: and our guest today, Eric is with USPS. Thank you
Speaker 1: for your time, sir.
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you for getting lowered out.
Speaker 1: Absolutely and if you would like to participate, they make
Speaker 1: it easy. Just look for that little postcard in the
Speaker 1: mail that'll be your reminder to get stuff ready to go,
Speaker 1: get it out and ready to go for the tenth
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