HPU Family Donates More Than 1,000 Pounds of Food for Stamp Out Hunger Campaign

High Point University students donated more than 1,000 pounds of food at the end of the spring semester to support the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Pictured with food donations at the local post office were from left in the front row United Way of Greater High Point Community Impact Associate Wanda Bridges, Latoya Bullock, UWGHP vice president of community impact, and Darius Marshall, a letter carrier. Behind them from left were letter carriers Crosby Johnson and Damien Williams with HPU staff members and Postmaster Angeline Rainey in back row.

HIGH POINT, N.C., May 8, 2026 – High Point University students donated more than 1,000 pounds of food at the end of the spring semester to support the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which takes place on the second Saturday of May. This year’s food drive lands on May 9.

HPU’s offices of Student Life and Residence Life recently collected the nonperishable food, which West End Ministries picked up daily from campus buildings and took back to its location. United Way of Greater High Point (UWGHP) staff members, West End Ministries’ staff and HPU staff then delivered the food to the post office, where it weighed 1,305 pounds.

“At High Point University, we show our students that true leadership comes from serving others,” HPU Director of Residence Life Charlene Kilpatrick said. “Participating in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a real way for the HPU community to help their neighbors in the city of High Point. Food insecurity is a serious issue, and we are committed to supporting our local food pantries. Working with the United Way and the National Association of Letter Carriers lets our HPU family join a bigger cause. When we donate together, it shows our campus’ caring spirit. We are more than just residents of High Point, we are active members of this community, and we believe everyone deserves access to basic needs.”

It has become a longstanding tradition for the HPU family to collect dozens of boxes filled with food just before the end of the spring semester to support the UWGHP’s efforts to stock local food pantry shelves throughout the summer.

“We are incredibly grateful to the students and faculty of High Point University for stepping up as the very first donors to this year’s Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive,” said Latoya Bullock, UWGHP vice president of community impact. “By choosing to donate unopened, nonperishable food items at the end of the school year instead of letting them go to waste, they are turning a simple act into meaningful impact—helping stock local pantry shelves and ensuring families in our community have access to food when they need it most. Their generosity shows how young leaders and community partners can make a real difference right here in Greater High Point.”

The local food pantries that will be impacted by HPU’s donations include A Shared Blessing at First United Methodist Church, Caring Services, Community Outreach of Archdale and Trinity (COAT), Food Pantry of the Triad, Helping Hands High Point, Macedonia Family Resource Center, New Beginnings Full Gospel Ministries, Open Door Ministries, The Salvation Army of High Point, Ward Street Community Resources and West End Ministries. Nonfood items also are collected for West End Ministries.

“The food donated by the students at HPU will go a long way in helping feed families in our community and city, especially now as we are in a critical time with food insecurity,” said Brad Bowers, executive director of West End Ministries.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, launched in 1993, has grown into the nation’s largest one-day food drive, according to the NALC. In the 33 years since it began, the food drive has collected nearly 2 billion pounds of food for people in need across the country.