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What: |
The Jacksonville, FL, Network Distribution Center process parcels for the Jacksonville and surrounding areas and will distribute thousands of letters this time of year. We are opening up our sorting operation to the media for one afternoon only. We will show high-speed sorting operations and large bins of letters being separated and sorted. It’s industrial but there are some really great visuals of high- tech, high-speed processing, large chutes of parcels, automated systems, and people sorting parcel manually. We will have a spokesperson on hand to talk about mailing tips, deadlines and ways to save money and time. |
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Who: |
United States Postal Service |
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When: |
December 22, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Where: |
Jacksonville, FL Network Distribution Center, |
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Please note: |
If you plan to attend, you must contact Delores “Dee” Carter at 904.359.2846 or delores.d.carter@usps.gov to R.S.V.P. and to receive entry instructions and credentialing. |
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Other information: |
BUSIEST DAYS Monday, Dec 19 is the Busiest MAILING day for greeting cards & packages Thursday, Dec 22 is the Busiest DELIVERY day for greeting cards & packages HOLIDAY FACTS AND FIGURES The Postal Service is projecting about 16 billion total pieces of mail and packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve The Postal Service is projecting a 12% increase in package volume this holiday season — roughly 750 million packages More than 611 million pieces of mail will be processed on Dec 19, the busiest mailing day More than 30 million packages will be delivered on Dec 22, the busiest delivery day Average daily volume is 508 million. During the holidays, it’s 525 million More than five million packages are expected to be delivered each Sunday in December More than 3 million customers will skip the trip to the Post Office this year and use Click- Dec. 19 will also be the busiest day for usps.com with more than 7 million customers predicted to visit on that day alone MAIL-BY DATES DEC. 9 (MILITARY) DEC. 16 (MILITARY) DEC. 20 DEC. 21 DEC. 23 The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. |
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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