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Postcards to Voters

November 4, 2018 By Carol

  Tony McMullin of Marietta, Georgia- began his “Postcards to Voters” campaign back in March 2017 in support of Jon Ossoff.  Undeterred by Ossoff’s loss, Tony mobilized for the 2018 midterms. Remarkably, his efforts have blossomed into a national postcard writing army of 40,000! Instead of being paralyzed by fear or unsure of how an […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Letter Writing in the News, Letters Shape Opinions, Newsflash, Postcards Tagged With: 2020, Audra Melton, civic duty, Jon Ossoff, mailbox, Marietta Georgia, New York Times, pen to paper, positive outcome, Postcards to Voters, Sharpie therapy, Tony McMullin, Tuesday's elections, voters

Summertime is for postcards

July 11, 2018 By Carol

“I still think that to receive a postcard in your mailbox is happiness.” Margaretta Magnusson Postcards are synonymous with Summer and fun. Friends and family leave for vacation. You wave goodbye and hear yourself say, “Send me a postcard.” Hopefully, they will. One way to be sure to get one is by signing up with […]

Filed Under: Main, MAKES SENSE, Pen pals, Postcards, Uncategorized Tagged With: foreign places, friendly message, Global Forever stamps, happiness, mailbox, Margareta Magnusson, postcards, Postcrossing, random people, send me a postcard, summertime, vacation, wave goodbye

Who invented the mailbox?

February 26, 2018 By Carol

Black inventors have made considerable contributions to many things we take for granted today. Consider for example, the blue mail box. “In 1891, anyone interested in mailing a letter would have to make the long trip to the post office. In order to make mailing a letter more convenient, Philip B. Downing designed a metal box with […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Newsflash Tagged With: Black inventors, Gaius Chamberlain, Huffington Post, light switch, mailbox, Philip Downing, railroad switch

“Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive

May 5, 2015 By Carol

  This coming Saturday is the annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive. Every year in the U.S., the National Association of Letter Carriers sponsors this charitable event to increase the food supply for local churches and food banks. Letter carriers deliver a postcard notification of this event several days ahead. Then on Saturday, we’ll pick up […]

Filed Under: Newsflash Tagged With: food banks, Food Drive, good cause, local churches, mailbox, National Association of Letter Carriers, Stamp Out Hunger

A Subscriber’s Recommendation…

March 14, 2011 By Carol

“I first got my own mailbox back in December 1989. It’s still  in that very same post office.  I was searching through something about letter-writing when I came across an article about  “The Letter Exchange.”  I joined up in the early 1990’s.  The Letter Exchange helped me shape up my letter-writing skills.  It introduced me […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: Friendship Books, Jonathan Gabel, letter-writing skills, Liotard, mailbox, pen friend, post office, subscriber, The Letter Exchange, Universal Postal Union

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