Santa and Frosty Celebrate Today’s Holidays at the Woodfield Station Post Office

Experience the new high-tech retail store — the first in the nation

What:
Santa and Frosty will welcome kids of all ages during demonstrations of the Automated Postal Center and usps.com online services featuring Click-N-Ship, Carrier Pick-Up and the Netpost Card Store.

When:
Monday, December 3, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Why:
Demonstrate the latest innovations available from the Postal Service to make mailing holiday greeting and presents quick, easy and convenient.

Where:
Woodfield Station Post Office
651 Mall Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Who:
Santa
Frosty
Tim Adam, Schaumburg A/Postmaster
John Nabor, Woodfield Station Manager
Postal Service representatives providing holiday mailing tips and demonstrations of Click-N-Ship, Carrier Pick-Up, NetPost Card Store, and usps.com.

Note:
The newly renovated Woodfield Station Post Office is a high-tech retail facility, the first to open in the nation, designed to meet the mailing needs of customers in a personal, interactive way. The new design of retail space including a circular center lounge, accessible service stations, WiFi-ready business area and comfortable furniture is a friendly, inviting environment designed around the needs of the customer. Sales and Services Associates interact more personally with customers providing a retail learning experience that helps medium size business owners and customers discover the best products and services.

Contacts:
Tim Ratliff, 630-260-5606, cell 630-853-8926, timothy.d.ratliff@usps.gov

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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, six days a week. 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.