Create Unique Holiday Cards and Postage Online

Who:
Anyone wishing to make the holidays a little more memorable by creating their own cards and postage — while saving time on finding, writing, addressing and mailing all those cards.

What:
Free demonstrations of time-saving online services from the U.S. Postal Service. Postal Service employees will answer questions and provide cyber tours of CardStore, an online product that allows customers to create, address and mail holiday card, and help navigate the design of original postage.

When:
November 29th, November 30th and December 4th 2007
From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Where:
November 29th and November 30th
R.W. Jenkins Station
6910 S. Yorktown Ave.
Tulsa OK 74136-9998

December 4th
Sheridan Station
6110 E. 51st Pl.
Tulsa OK 74135-9998

Audio/Video:
Audio:

Demonstrations can be recorded
Nat sound of crowds, retail clerks interacting with consumers

B-Roll:

Post Office lobbies decorated for the holidays
Screen shots of usps.com online products
Consumers using online services
Live shots/ remote broadcasts can be arranged.

Story Lines
Business: Online greeting and gift cards are a $60 billion industry. While other companies can provide cards, no other company or corporation also provides the postage.

Consumer: One more time-saving idea for harried consumers interested in spending more time friends and family. If Grandma loved last year’s holiday family photo, she’ll love it even more when sees it as postage on the outside of this year’s card.

Log on and Step Inside a Post Office: The internet is always open, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. Almost anything you can do at a Post Office you can do online at usps.com: buy or create stamps; schedule a free package pickup; order eco-friendly free shipping supplies; check holiday mailing deadlines; and find a Post Office with extended holiday hours.

Contacts:
Beth Fisk, 918-732-6644, beth.a.fisk@usps.gov

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Please Note: Two fact sheets in support of this press release are available in the Holiday Press Room at usps.com. For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/news.

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.