Would you like to support and thank local and everyday heroes? You can by purchasing and using “Everyday Cards for Everyday Heroes,” which are being offered at your local Post Office. The U.S. Postal Service currently has a line of patriotic-themed greeting cards for sale.
At $2.95 each, the six cards provide an affordable way to recognize the people who go above and beyond to serve their communities. Better yet: until September 16th, all local Post Offices have a 50% off coupon for the special cards!
The National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11th and Veterans Day, November 11th give Americans the opportunity to express their gratitude to the everyday heroes in their lives by sending them these cards.
In addition to active and retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces and first responders—firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians—everyday heroes also can be medical professionals, public servants, teachers, volunteers and parents, and even………letter carriers.
“Everyday Cards for Everyday Heroes” are available at select Post Offices throughout the nation.
Follow the Postal Service on www.twitter.com/USPS and at www.facebook.com/USPS.
Mr. Zip’s Tip: Mail is a great communication tool. No monthly plans. No roaming charges. Regardless of geographic location, anyone can send a letter for just 45 cents anywhere in the United States and its territories.
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With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com®, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011,Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service performance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
