Convince the USPS and the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee to create a Stamp Out Hunger Semipostal stamp
How Semipostal Stamps Work:
The price of a semipostal pays for the First-Class single-piece postage rate in effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund causes that the Postal Service determines to be in the national public interest and appropriate. By law, revenue from sales (minus postage and the reasonable costs of the Postal Service) is to be transferred to a selected executive agency or agencies.
Find out more about the process of creating semipostal stamps.
Stamp out Hunger Postage Stamp.
Send it to your friends
Forward it to your family
Use it as a class room assignment.
Once you've completed your idea, be sure to include a personal message about the importance of the issue. Use the talking points we've included of talk from the heart.
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Mail your stamp proposals to:
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Stamp Development
US Postal Service
1735 North Lynn St Rm 5013
Arlington VA 22209-6432
- I want to end child hunger in the United States.
- I want to strongly encourage you to take action on this issue with the creation of a semipostal stamp designed to fund the fight against hunger.
- The problem of childhood hunger is not simply a moral issue. Scientific evidence suggests that hungry children are less likely to become productive citizens.
- A child who is unequipped to learn because of hunger and poverty is more likely to be poor as an adult. As such, the existence of childhood hunger in the United States threatens future American prosperity
- I have designed the following stamp concept and hope you consider this important issue as you develop stamps in the future.
Over 9 million children are estimated to be served by the America's Second Harvest Network, over two million of which are ages five and under, representing nearly 13% of all children under age 18 in the United States and over 72% of all children in poverty.
According to the USDA, an estimated 12.4 million children lived in food insecure (low food security and very low food security) households in 2005.
Proper nutrition is vital to the growth and development of children, particularly for low-income children. Sixty-two percent of all client households with children under the age of 18 participated in a school lunch program, but only 13% participated in a summer feeding program that provides free food when school is out.
Emergency food assistance plays a vital role in the lives of low-income families. In 2002, over half of the nonelderly families that accessed a food pantry at least once during the year had children under the age of 18.
12.8 million or approximately 17.4% of children in the U.S. live in poverty. The rate of poverty for children under 18 remains higher than those aged 18- to- 64 and for those aged 65 and over.
Research indicates that even mild undernutrition experienced by young children during critical periods of growth impacts the behavior of children, their school performance, and their overall cognitive development.
In fiscal year 2005, 50% of children were food stamp recipients.
During the 2005 federal fiscal year, 17.5 million low-income children received free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program.
Find out more about Hunger in America
Information provided by America's Second Harvest