How to stop mail from Northern Illinois Food Bank

Opt-out contact information

Contact Northern Illinois Food Bank directly using any option below. These are Northern Illinois Food Bank's own opt-out channels.

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Current opt-out methods for Northern Illinois Food Bank mail

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   Email request

   Use the Email option on this page and ask Northern Illinois Food Bank to stop promotional postal mail. Include the full name and mailing address you want removed. Copy the template below, fill the bracketed fields, and attach a photo of the mailer if you have one.

   If sending your opt-out request by email, use this helpful template for Northern Illinois Food Bank:

   Hello,
   
   I'm writing to request that Northern Illinois Food Bank permanently remove my address from all direct mail lists, including your internal house list and any rented or third-party lists used to source your mailings.
   
   The name and address to remove as they appear on a recently delivered unwanted mailer:
   
   [NAME]
   [ADDRESS]
   [CITY ST ZIP]
   
   A few notes for your direct mail team:
   
   • I have never subscribed to marketing communications from Northern Illinois Food Bank.
   • Since I haven't opted in with you directly, the source is most likely a rented or co-op list. Please also flag this address with your list partners so it's suppressed at the source.
   
   Please confirm in writing once the suppression is complete. I've attached an image of the mailer for reference.
   
   Thank you,
   [NAME]

   Copy email template

   Replace the bracketed fields ([NAME], [ADDRESS], [CITY ST ZIP]) before sending. Attach a photo of the mailer if you have one, and keep the reply for your records.

2. 2

   PaperKarma app

   Photograph the Northern Illinois Food Bank appeal. PaperKarma files the opt-out for you.

   Once you opt out of this sender, you can opt out of 100,000+ other mailers in the same app.

3. 3

   Phone

   Call Northern Illinois Food Bank at +1-630-443-6910. Ask them to stop fundraising mail for the name and address on the mailer.

   A phone request can take 5 to 10 minutes or longer, depending on the phone tree, hold time, and whether they offer a callback.

How to Prevent General Junk Mail Proactively

1. 1

   DMAchoice

   DMAchoice is the Association of National Advertisers' mail preference service. An $8 registration asks about 1,100 participating national companies to suppress your address from prospect promotional mail for 10 years. It does not cover local mailers, charity appeals, companies you already buy from, or occupant / current-resident saturation mail. Allow 90 days or longer.

   NOTE: DMAchoice will not stop mail from Northern Illinois Food Bank as it is not an active member of the ANA.

2. 2

   OptOutPrescreen

   OptOutPrescreen is the official Consumer Credit Reporting Industry site. It lets you opt out of firm offers of credit and insurance for 5 years or permanently.

   NOTE: OptOutPrescreen will not opt you out of Northern Illinois Food Bank mail. It only covers prescreened credit card and insurance offers.

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   PaperKarma

   For local and regional mailers, coupon packs, charity donation requests, and the large share of junk mail that DMAchoice does not cover, the PaperKarma app has the largest U.S. registry, with over 100,000 mailers on file.