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OPTIONAL APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NONPROFIT STANDARD MAIL AUTHORIZATION NOW AVAILABLE

Customers now can use PostalOne! to apply for Nonprofit Standard Mail authorizations and update existing records, as well as prepare and submit postage statements, pay postage, view account history, track deposits and check account balances.

Benefits to nonprofit organizations include:

• One national authorization number. No need to apply for authorization at additional or new mailing offices.
• Online application process. This speeds the application, review and approval process.
• Online access to records. Organizations can make instant changes to general information.

Organizations are still required to have a valid mailing permit and annual mailing fee paid at each mailing office.

To obtain an initial authorization, an official of the nonprofit organization completes Form 3624, Application to Mail at Nonprofit Standard Mail Prices, online through PostalOne! Follow the prompts under Submit a Form.

When an organization wishes to mail at a Post Office other than the one where it received its original nationwide authorization, choose Form 3623, Request for Confirmation of Authorization (or Pending Application) to Mail at Nonprofit Standard Mail Prices.

Interested nonprofit organizations that do not already have PostalOne! access must first register by contacting their local Post Office or business mail entry unit and completing Form 1357-C, Customer Request for Web Access. The form is available at usps.com/forms/allforms.htm and can be easily downloaded and completed manually.

For additional information contact the Post Office where you enter your mail.

PREMIUM FORWARDING SERVICE IS NOW IN PEAK SEASON

Are you a high-mileage business executive with one or more extended trips each year? Are you a traveler planning to spend your winter in a warm climate? Do you have or know a college student, off to pursue academic adventures in another city or across the

country? Then you should check out Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) from the Postal Service. It lets you take your residential mail with you when you travel.

Anyone who is going to be away from home for at least two weeks, or for as long as one year, is eligible to sign up for PFS. We take the mail sent to your permanent residential address and reship it to your temporary address by Priority Mail once a week. You pay a one-time enrollment fee of $10, and a weekly reshipment fee of $11.95.

PFS offers a lot of advantages for customers who will be gone for extended periods of time.

• Your permanent address does not change, and your temporary address is not provided to mailers.
• You won’t miss important mail while you are away from home.
• You won’t have to impose on neighbors or loved ones to pick up your mail.
• You can continue to enjoy your magazine and newspaper subscriptions while residing at your temporary address.

Accountable mail items requiring a signature — Express Mail, Certified Mail or Registered Mail — are sent ahead separately whenever they arrive rather than included in the weekly mailing. Some larger items are shipped separately with postage due for the mail class under which they were originally sent.

To get more information about PFS, go online to usps.com/receive/premiumforwarding or ask at your local Post Office.