Holiday Knitting Event to Benefit V.A. Hospital Patients

What:
Knitting demonstration; holiday benefit event

Who:
The Columbia Main Post Office, In The Loop Knitting Specialty Shop and the Columbia V. A. Hospital

When:
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Presentation of scarves and unveiling of Holiday Knits Christmas stamp at 1:30 p.m.

Where:
Lobby, Columbia Main Post Office, 1601 Assembly St. Columbia, SC 29201

Note:
Lara Winburn, owner of In The Loop, a Knitting Specialty Shop, and Columbia Postal Customer Relations Coordinator, Leslie Wallace have invited over 600 knitting hobbyists to do a demonstration of their art at the lobby of the Columbia Main Post Office in order to produce scarves for patients of the V. A. Hospital.

A special unveiling and presentation of the Holiday Knits Christmas stamp will take place at 1:30 p.m. At that time, Evetta Gregg, Director of Stakeholder Relations for the Columbia V. A. Hospital will be on hand to receive some of the scarves produced.

Editor's Note:
Media representatives are asked to contact Harry Spratlin at 803-513-6186 or Leslie Wallace at 803-553-0627 to confirm your attendance.

# # #

Please Note: 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.