Holiday Package Mailing Made Easy

Post Office Encourages Mailers to Use usps.com

What:
Holiday Mailing and Santa Letter Kickoff Event

Who:
Yverne P. Moore, Postmaster, Washington, DC
Postal Service Representatives
Children from Israel Baptist Church Child Development Center
Children from Calvary Christian Academy

When:
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
10:00 am

Where:
Curseen-Morris Processing & Distribution Center
Customer Lobby

Details:
December is the busiest time of year for mailing and the U.S. Postal Service is encouraging customers to use our shipping services online. It’s your one-stop for holiday shipping. We will provide online demonstrations for Click-N-Ship, CardStore–create your own holiday cards and personal postage stamps using your photos.

Santa letters will be on display for distribution and local children will personally deliver their letters to Santa and Mrs. Claus who will be visiting the Post Office.

Postmaster Moore will be available for interviews.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.