Holiday Mail for Heroes
Today is Veteran's Day and it is not too early to think about sending holiday cards to the men and women who are serving and have served in the armed forces.
Over 1.4 million men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces and over 24 million veterans have served in the past. The holiday season is the perfect time to honor and extend a warm holiday greeting to those who’ve served and continue to do so.
The Holiday for Heroes Program is sponsored by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. They have established an extensive process to ensure all cards sent to our service members are safe and arrive in time for the holidays. Holiday cards will be collected through a unique P.O. Box address from Monday, November 2 through Monday, December 7*.
First, cards from across the nation must be sent to this address:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
Every card received will be screened for hazardous materials by Pitney Bowes and distributed to participating Red Cross chapters nationwide. Once the cards arrive at the Red Cross chapters, they are sorted and reviewed by volunteers who then distribute them to service members, their families and veterans in communities across the country.
For more info and to find out the dos and donts, please visit their site. May i suggest, since this is an art related blog, an original handmade holiday card?
Over 1.4 million men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces and over 24 million veterans have served in the past. The holiday season is the perfect time to honor and extend a warm holiday greeting to those who’ve served and continue to do so.
The Holiday for Heroes Program is sponsored by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. They have established an extensive process to ensure all cards sent to our service members are safe and arrive in time for the holidays. Holiday cards will be collected through a unique P.O. Box address from Monday, November 2 through Monday, December 7*.
First, cards from across the nation must be sent to this address:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
Every card received will be screened for hazardous materials by Pitney Bowes and distributed to participating Red Cross chapters nationwide. Once the cards arrive at the Red Cross chapters, they are sorted and reviewed by volunteers who then distribute them to service members, their families and veterans in communities across the country.
For more info and to find out the dos and donts, please visit their site. May i suggest, since this is an art related blog, an original handmade holiday card?
Comments
I hope you are doing well. I am working with Pitney Bowes and wanted to reach out to you regarding our 2010 “Holiday Mail for Heroes” campaign with the Red Cross. We certainly appreciated your post last year about the project, and want to thank you again for helping us touch so many service members, family members and veterans in 2009.
This year, the goal of the campaign remains the same: to recruit Americans to send holiday cards with their messages of thanks and cheer to service members, veterans and their families. It is our hope once again that, through this campaign, American service men and women in the U.S. and around the world will receive a much needed touch of home during this holiday season.
This year, information about the Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign can be found at http://www.redcross.org/holidaymail and http://redcrosschat.org/2010/10/26/holiday-mail-for-heroes-2010/. The site includes information about what types of cards can be sent, how cards should be addressed, and also provides further information regarding how you can get involved. I wanted to see if you would be willing to spread the word about the campaign again this year through your blog, helping us send a touch of home to our U.S. Armed Forces, veterans and their families when they need it most.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I’m available through the Twitter handle @Mail4Heroes as well. I hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Andrew Saladino