Log on to usps.com and ‘Skip the Trip’

WHAT:
usps.com Day Event

WHERE:
Turnpike Station
3601 Pickett Road
Fairfax, VA 22031-9998

WHEN:
Monday, August 4, 2008
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

WHO:
Rotonna Mullen, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Northern Virginia District, Manager, Business Development Team
Mike Kearney, USPS, Manager, Turnpike Station

DETAILS:
Demonstrations and information on the more than three dozen products and services available on usps.com. Customers can learn how to use our quick, easy and convenient online services to buy postage, order supplies, ship and track packages and manage their mail without ever leaving their homes or offices.

Light refreshments will be available in the retail lobby.

STORY LINES:
Business: The Postal Service has a dedicated portal on its website for small business owners — usps.com/smallbiz. The site offers pricing comparisons for shipping options, supplies, desktop postage and easy instructions to create postcards and letters to better reach customers.

Consumers: Almost anything you can do at a Post Office you can do online at usps.com. The convenience of the internet is one reason the Postal Service is encouraging its customers to go on line and ‘skip the trip’ to the Post Office.

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Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/welcome.htm.

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. 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.