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Press release from Food for People:

Eureka, CA – In conjunction with this May’s National Letter Carriers Food Drive, McKinleyville-based Wild Planet Foods donated 22 pallets of canned salmon to Humboldt County’s food bank, Food for People. The truckload of canned fish weighed 30,888 pounds.

“This donation will make a difference to people all over Humboldt County,” said Carly Robbins, Food for People Executive Director. “We will be able to use Wild Planet’s donation of high-quality protein throughout our network of pantries and to our child and senior nutrition programs too. We appreciate the support of local companies like Wild Planet who are part of this community and their actions show that.”

“The Food for People Letter Carrier food drive presented Wild Planet with another unique way to support communities with quality food donations. We value our ongoing partnership with Food for People because it directly helps people in Humboldt County, where Wild Planet has been headquartered for two decades,” says Ben Carvalho, Global Operations & Sustainability Director.

This donation was made as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Letter carriers around Humboldt County collected donated food on their mail routes May 10th and delivered it to Food for People and their network of pantries. This year, Humboldt residents gave more than 39,000 pounds of non-perishable foods through the drive. With Wild Planet’s donation, the food drive collected a grand total of 70,000 pounds of food.

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Food for People volunteers sort community food donations at this year’s Letter Carriers Food Drive.