Holiday Mail for Heroes invites public to send greetings to military members and veterans

November 10, 6:00 AMDC Business Events ExaminerGail Brown

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American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes team up to invite the public to "Send a Touch of Home" to US service men and women. Between November 2 and December 7 Americans can extend holiday greetings and thanks to service members and veterans across the country and abroad. There are currently 1.4 million active duty members, reservists and guards serving within the US borders and abroad, and more than 24 million veterans have faithfully served in the past.

The public can participate in the campaign by sending holiday cards with personal messages to a special post office box. The Red Cross and Pitney Bowes will then screen cards for hazardous materials, sort and package the cards, and deliver them to military bases and hospitals, veteran's hospitals and other locations in the U.S. and abroad during the holidays.

 Pitney Bowes is providing all screening, packaging and shipping at no charge, as well as providing thousands of volunteer hours around the country. The Red Cross will utilize volunteers at over 300 participating chapters nationwide to sort and deliver greetings to military and veteran's hospitals and military bases in November and December.

Campaign Details:
Holiday cards should be addressed and sent to: Holiday Mail for Heroes, P.O. Box 5456, Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456.

Please be sure to affix adequate postage. Cards must be received no later than December 7. Cards received after this date will be returned to senders.

For reasons of processing and safety, participants are asked to refrain from sending "care packages," monetary gifts, using glitter or including any inserts with the cards.

Additional ways to become involved with the campaign include connecting with fellow card senders through Facebook at www.facebook.com/redcross and Twitter at www.twitter.com/redcross and #holidaymail.

For more information and card requirements, please visit www.redcross.org/holidaymail.