Select Suburban Post Offices Open Longer this December

USPS.com: Open 24/7

CAROL STREAM, IL — Select Northern Illinois District Post Offices are giving you something you can really use. More time. During the holiday mailing season the following Post Offices throughout Chicago’s north, northwest and west suburbs will stay open later on Saturday and will even be open on Sunday as a convenience to customers.

December 9th through the 22nd
The following Post Offices will stay open
Saturdays until 4:00 PM and open Sundays 11 AM – 4 PM

Evanston Main Office   

December 9th through the 22nd
The following Post Offices will stay open
Saturdays until 3:00 PM and open Sundays 11 AM – 3 PM

Des Plaines Main Office
McHenry

December 15th & 22nd only
The following Post Offices will stay open Saturdays until 4:00 PM

Arlington Heights
Elmhurst
Glen Ellyn Main Office
Lake Zurich
Oak Park – River Forest Branch
Oak Park - Main Office
Oak Park – South Station
Wheaton – Danada Branch
Winnetka – Northfield Branch
Winnetka – Main Office
Palatine (Dec. 22 only – open 8 AM to 5 PM)

December 9th & 16th only
The following Post Offices will stay open Sundays 11 AM - 4 PM

Gurnee
Lake Zurich (December 16th only)
Palatine (December 16th only, open 8 AM to 3 PM)

December 15th only
The following Post Offices will stay open Saturday until 4:00 PM

Northbrook – Main Office
Rolling Meadows

December 16th through the 23rd
The following Post Offices will stay open
Saturday until 4:00 PM and open Sundays 11 AM – 4 PM

Palatine (Dec. 23 only – open 8 AM to 5 PM)
Carol Stream

For customers who only need stamps, the Postal Service offers a variety of ways to buy stamps without making a trip to the post office.

"You order stamps by mail by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS and requesting a stamps by mail form, or by asking your letter carrier to deliver the form to your address with your next mail delivery,” says Tim Ratliff, Postal Service spokesperson for Northern Illinois  "You can order stamps by phone by calling 1-800 STAMP 24.  You can also order stamps on line at www.usps.com.”

The Postal Service is as old as America, but as modern as today. Every day, almost 800,000 people visit the Postal Service’s award-winning Web site, usps.com. “They’ve learned that just about anything they can do at the Post Office, they can do from their home or office computer,” says Ratliff.

Finding information, conducting transactions, and using postal services of all kinds has never been easier. With usps.com’s Click-N-Ship service, customers can create shipping labels and pay for postage. And with a just a few more clicks, they can request that their letter carrier pick up their prepaid packages with the next day’s mail delivery — at no extra charge.

And that’s not all. With usps.com, customers can look up a ZIP Code and find addressing information. They can calculate rates. They can buy stamps. They can locate a Post Office. They can have their mail held or forwarded.  They can order shipping supplies, including prepaid, flat-rate Priority Mail envelopes. They can create, personalize, and mail greeting cards and newsletters. They can do all of this — and more — at usps.com, the Post Office that never closes.

“So the next time you need something from the Post Office, check out these easy ways for your mailing and shipping needs,” says Ratliff.