This NYT article appeared yesterday. Meet Bria East, the “motivated voter” from Pennsylvania, who voted because she was invited by a Vote Forward letter in her mailbox! Here is proof that the rare, personal touch of a handwritten letter is still very powerful. A Cutting-Edge Tactic to Get Out the Vote in 2020: Handwritten Letters […]
The power of a handwritten letter
Have you seen Jordyn Leopold’s letter? It’s making a big media splash. This heartfelt, handwritten letter penned by the 11 year old daughter of Jordan Leopold describes the family’s loneliness with their Dad so far away. This letter may have inspired the trade for her father from the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Minnesota […]
Jackie’s Letters
May 25, 2014 Once again, the handwritten letter makes the news. Last Friday, the media was all abuzz over a treasure trove of letters which Jackie Kennedy wrote to Father Joseph Leonard in Dublin. Simply, they were “pen friends.” He was her confidante and mentor, and Jackie poured out her heart to this elderly priest […]
The handwritten letter gets results!
March 22, 2011 This past weekend I saw the movie: Hereafter, and I was struck by two things… One, there was George, an extremely sensitive man who did not own any “gadgets.” No cellphone, no iPod, no television. He just had a CD player for his audio-books. Secondly, George writes a letter and gets results! […]
National Letter Writing Week 2011…
January 16, 2011…. National Letter Writing Week occurs each year in the United States during the second week of January. Today is the final day of the Week. However, I plan to “keep the ball rolling” and keep writing cards, letters, and even my grocery list! After all, next Sunday, January 23rd is John Hancock’s birthday and National Handwriting […]
“Honey to my soul”
Here’s the scene- the mail’s arrived. Like a kid, you approach the box with anticipation. You quickly grab the envelopes and begin to rummage through looking for what? That pearl in the oyster, “real mail”- a handwritten letter! For the last 26 years as a letter carrier, I have witnessed this mail box phenomenon with the […]