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“You are very important to me.”

May 18, 2020 By Carol

    The post office has been the focus of a lot of media attention lately. Much of it is prompted by the financial uncertainly that the USPS finds itself in during this coronavirus pandemic.  At present, there are more questions than answers. Still, postal workers continue to give “essential service” during this crisis. On […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, MAKES SENSE, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: coronavirus pandemic, Emerson Weber, essential workers, Good Morning America, handwritten letters, letter carriers, Megan Brennan, NALC, NPR.org, Paul Barner, thank you notes, The Postal Record, the Postmaster General, USPS

25 Years of Graceful Envelopes

November 24, 2019 By Carol

At last, here’s some “eye candy”- the 2019 Graceful Envelope Contest Winners with their Put Your Stamp On It  masterpieces. There is no question, The Graceful Envelope Contest elevates “mail art” to museum quality levels. Every year, since 1994, the Washington Calligraphers’ Guild and the National Association of Letter Carriers team up to sponsor the  […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Newsflash, Post Office News, Special Occasions, Stationery Tagged With: 25 years of Graceful Envelopes, calligraphy, eye candy, Graceful Envelope Contest, Linae Frei of Janesville WI, Lisa Leong-Tsang of Bellevue WA, Mail Art, NALC, National Association of Letter Carriers, Put Your Stamp On It, Sally Penley of Olympia WA, Scripsit, Seeing, Seeing Double, Shari Jobst of Aberdeen WA, Sherri A. Trial of Carlisle PA, The Washington Calligraphers Guild, Tori Bell of Tacoma WA

2018 Graceful Envelope Winners

September 28, 2018 By Carol

Whatever the Weather… As a former letter carrier, I can talk from experience about the daily challenges the weather poses. During the course of a single day, a kaleidoscope of possibilities can occur with rain, chill, humidity, varying degrees of sunlight, heat, and wind. Snow, hail, sleet, and ice feature big during Winter months when […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash, Post Office News, Special Occasions Tagged With: 2018 Contest Theme-Whatever the Weather, Debbie Ruggles of Sykesville MD, Elizabeth Walsh of Olympia WA, Gerry Jackson Kerdok of Hudson MA, Hannah Claire Weston of Lancaster PA, Kathy Barker of Bellevue WA, Kathy Froerer of Provo UT, Ko Hiu Kwan of Kowloon- Hong Kong, NALC, P.L. Brooks of Weston FL, The Graceful Envelope 2018 Winners, The Postal Record, Washington Calligraphers' Guild

The Graceful Envelope Contest Winners 2015

August 17, 2015 By Carol

August 17,2015       _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view all the recent contestants’ entries from all the categories go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/washcalligraphersguild/sets/72157653360937870/ click at top “back to albums list” The Washington D.C. Calligraphers Guild has a listing of the winners and those with honorable mention.  http://calligraphersguild.org/envwinners2015.html    

Filed Under: Newsflash, Special Occasions Tagged With: 2015 Contest Winners, Carol DuBosch of Portland OR, Catherine Langsdof of Hendersonville NC, Christy Robb of Morning Sun IA, Dawn Rochelle Davis of Caldwell ID, Gerry Jackson Kerdok of HudsonMA, Hannah C. Holder of Knoxville TN, Home, Lorrie Frear of Canandaigua NY, Mail Art, Mohan Jayant Saraf of Maharashtra India, Nadejda Variouchitcheva of Nivelles Belgium, NALC, The Graceful Envelope, The National Association of Letter carriers, The Postal Record, The Washington Calligraphers Guild

National Food Drive this Saturday

May 7, 2013 By Carol

May 7, 2013

Filed Under: Special Occasions Tagged With: across the country, by the mailbox, families in need, NALC, National Food Drive, non-perishable food items, reminder, Saturday May 11, Stamp Out Hunger

“Fire in the Belly”

March 24, 2013 By Carol

March 24, 2013 logo courtesy of deliveringforamerica.com Today was the National Day of Action for USPS postal employees.  NALC President Fredric Rolando called upon the letter carriers across the country to come out and protest Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. I joined approximately 200 people, mostly letter carriers, on the […]

Filed Under: Special Occasions Tagged With: "fire in the belly", Fredric Rolando, letter carriers, NALC, National Day of Action, New Haven Green, Patrick Donahoe, Richard Blumenthal, Rosa DeLauro, Saturday mail delivery

Postmaster General bullies the country

February 6, 2013 By Carol

Statement of NALC President Fredric Rolando on Postmaster General Pat Donahoe’s plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery Feb. 6, 2013 — Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to end Saturday delivery is a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers. It would be particularly harmful to […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: eliminating Saturday delivery, letter carriers, NALC, postal reform, Postmaster General Donahoe, President Fredric Rolando

Post Office as Political Football

October 4, 2011 By Carol

October 4, 2011 As a letter carrier,  my job will be directly effected by how Congress and the President respond to Postmaster General Donahoe’s requests. Donahoe is asking for Saturday delivery to be eliminated.  He also wants to close thousands of post offices nationwide, break union contracts and layoff 120,000 workers!!! All he really needs […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: A History of Letter Carriers, Carriers in a Common Cause, eliminate Saturday delivery, Issa-Ross bill, letter carrier, NALC, passionate letter writer, Postmaster General Donahoe, promote letters, USPS

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