Red Cross & Pitney Bowes Team Up To Send Holiday Cards To Troops

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Red Cross & Pitney Bowes Team Up To Send Holiday Cards To Troops

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Nov 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM CST

Posted By Melissa Burlaga

The Northland American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are teaming up to deliver holiday cards to service members, their families and veterans, many of whom will be far from home this holiday season.

Between November 2 and December 7, the public is invited to send a “touch of home” through holiday cards that contain messages of cheer and appreciation.

Cards will then be screened, sorted and boxed for delivery by hundreds of Red Cross volunteers.

Last year, with the help of Pitney Bowes, hundreds of volunteers screened, sorted and packaged cards that were delivered to military bases, veteran and military hospitals across the U.S. and around the world.

In 2007, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC approached the Red Cross to help distribute thousands of cards that came into the facility for wounded soldiers.

The Red Cross in turn reached out to Pitney Bowes to help initiate the Holiday for Mail for Heroes program.

Holiday cards should be addressed and sent to:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Visit www.redcrossnorthland.org to learn more about the Northland American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces.

Monday, Nov 2 at 7:43 PM David Apperson wrote ...

Good job on the part of Pitney Bowes and the Red Cross. We have posted a link to this article from Veterans Helping Veterans. see http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=303228380472

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