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Recycle those cards and stamps

December 31, 2017 By Carol

December 31, 2017 There’s always the question: What to do with all those cards once the holiday is over? Do they all go out with the wrapping into the trash? WAIT! You can recycle some of those cards. And, before the envelopes disappear, you can cut out the return addresses and paste them onto a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: address labels, gift tags, PDG Dennis A. Clark, recycling holiday cards, St. Jude's Ranch for Children, stamp collecting veterans, Stamps for the Wounded

WAIT- Recycle those cards and stamps!

December 28, 2016 By Carol

December 28, 2016 There’s always the question: What to do with all those cards once the holiday is over? Do they all go out with the wrapping into the trash? WAIT! You can recycle some of those cards. And, before the envelopes disappear, you can cut out the return addresses and paste them onto a […]

Filed Under: Greeting Cards, Holiday, Projects for Kids Tagged With: children's card program, gift tags, mLIVE/Media Group, next year's list, recycle cards, St. Jude's Ranch, stamp collecting, stamp hobby, Stamps for the Wounded, veterans

Veterans’ Day

November 11, 2013 By Carol

November 11, 2013 For some odd reason, perhaps it’s a quirk in our human nature that we cannot co-exist without aggression and warfare. The tale is as old as human history.  And to paraphrase Mark Twain: the only progress we’ve made is that we kill each other more efficiently! Unfortunately, there will always be soldiers […]

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: Afghanistan, America's military interest, Desert Storm, gratitude, half mast, homeless vets, Iraq, Korea, Mark Twain, Medal of Honor, Operational PAL, quirk of human nature, sacrifices, soldiers, Stamps for the Wounded, USO, Veterans' Day, Vietnam, WWI, WWII

Recycle ideas…

December 30, 2011 By Carol

December 30, 2011 Here’s some recycling  ideas for your holiday cards and stamps- *  Cut up all those holiday cards to make gift tags for next year’s presents, or ship them off to St. Jude’s Ranch for their children’s card recycling program. Contact http://www.stjudesranch.org/shop/recycled-card-program/ *  In the UK there’s the Woodland Trust Christmas Card Recycling […]

Filed Under: Letters to Soldiers, Projects for Kids Tagged With: gift tags, go green, Lions' Club, postage stamps, recycled card program, recycling holiday cards, St. Jude's Ranch, stamp collecting veterans, Stamps for the Wounded, The Nature Detectives

Sgt. Laguna: “letters made us feel…loved.”

November 11, 2011 By Carol

Veterans’ Day November11, 2011 Approximately 22% of the workforce in the USPS are veterans.  It was an easy task to ask a veteran how valuable letters are to a soldier away from home. Letter Carrier, Leslie Laguna is a veteran from the 1991 Desert Storm campaign.  Sergeant Laguna was deployed to Saudi Arabia as an […]

Filed Under: Letters to Soldiers Tagged With: administrative specialist, appreciated, Brewery Street Post Office, classrooms of children, Desert Storm, Leslie Laguna, letter carrier, letters to soldiers, loved, medical company, New Haven CT, Operation PAL, Saudi Arabia, Stamps for the Wounded, USPS, veterans, Veterans' Day

Hurray for Earth Day!

April 21, 2011 By Carol

April 22, 2011 “Earth Day is the first completely international and universal holiday that the world has ever known.” -Margaret Mead This is our opportunity to take stock of how our lives impact the Earth, and what we can do about that “footprint.”  The guidelines are easy if you remember and apply the 4 R’s of […]

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: footprint, fountain pens, hackers, Haila Harvey, Isabella catalog, Jeannine Stein, junk mail, Kitty Burns Florey, letter carrier, Margaret Mead, Page-A-Day calendar, paper, Paper Because, pencils, postal service, ReBound Creating Handmade Books, recycle, reduce, refuse, renew, stamps, Stamps for the Wounded, sustainable living, The Envelope Mill

Stamps for the Wounded

April 20, 2011 By Carol

April 20, 2011 Stamps for the Wounded P.O. Box 297 Dunn Loring, VA 22027 Many wounded veterans find great enjoyment in stamp collecting. Thanks to the Lions’ Club and to many devoted volunteers, this postage stamp program gives these hospital or wheelchair-bound vets something to do, and something to look forward to.  Trading duplicates also connects […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: Bill Mauldin, brighten someone's day, give back, Lions' Club, postage stamp program, recycle, servicemen and women, stamp collecting, Stamps for the Wounded, trading stamps, veterans, wheelchair-bound vets, wounded veterans

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