Frosty Celebrates Today’s Holidays With Hometown Celebration at the Belvidere Post Office

Knitting demonstration with Holiday Knits stamps

What:
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. Customers can also receive a special holiday postmark cancellation on cards and letters while viewing the latest holiday stamps. There will be a knitting demonstration in honor of the Holiday Knits stamps.

When:
Friday, December 7, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. customers can receive a special cancellation postmark, designed by a local artist, on cards and letters.

Where:
Belvidere Post Office, 1800 Doc Wolf Dr., Belvidere, IL, 61008

Who:
Frosty
Becky Simpson, Belvidere Postmaster
Donna Ellwanger, local knitting enthusiast
Postal Service representatives providing holiday mailing tips and demonstrations of Click-N-Ship, Carrier Pick-Up, NetPost Card Store, and usps.com.

Note:
Free demonstrations of time-saving online services from the Postal Service with employees available to answer questions and provide cyber tours of CardStore, an online product that allows customers to create, address and mail holiday cards. See the latest innovations available to make mailing holiday greetings and presents quick, easy and convenient.

Story lines :
Consumer: More time-saving ideas for harried consumers interested in spending more holiday time with friends and family.

Log on and Step Inside a Post Office: The Internet is always open, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. Postal Service employees will be on-hand to demonstrate USPS' online suite of services.

The Knitting Revolution: Knitting is enjoying a surge of popularity among the young and hip. There is a very active knitting blog community and many yarn stores are as much social scenes as they are commodity shops.

Today’s Holidays Need Today’s Mail: This year, the Postal Service is giving customers something they can really use. More time. From flat-rate boxes and free package pickup to environmentally friendly packaging and military Care Kits, the Postal Service plans on helping make the holidays a little brighter.

Contacts:
Tim Ratliff, 630-260-5606, cell 630-853-8926, timothy.d.ratliff@usps.gov
Becky Simpson (815) 547-5457 – Belvidere Postmaster

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