WHAT:

The U.S. Postal Service is processing and delivering more than 553 million cards, letters and packages every day through this holiday season. Here’s a great opportunity to capture b-roll and photos with an inside peek at how USPS utilizes high-tech equipment and systems to efficiently move so much mail every day. Postal managers will be available to answer local mail processing-related questions.

This will be the only time media will be granted access into the Columbus mail processing plant this holiday season.

Please RSVP to david.g.vanallen@usps.gov to schedule your tour.

WHEN:

Media tours begin at 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014.

WHERE:

Cleveland Processing and Distribution Center
2400 Orange Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44101

BACKGROUND:

The Postal Service is projecting 15.5 billion cards, letters and packages will be delivered from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. On average, the Postal Service processes 523 million pieces of mail every day. During the holiday season, that volume increases to 553 million pieces of mail daily. And on December 15, the busiest mailing day of the year, that number is projected to increase to 640 million pieces!

The Postal Service is projecting 470 million packages will be delivered this holiday season, a 12% increase over last year’s volume of 420 million. (2013 was 420 million packages; a 12% increase over 2012 volume of 383 million.)

About 3 million customers will skip the trip to the Post Office this year and use Click-N-Ship to mail packages — 10 percent more than last year.

More USPS holiday information is available here: http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/holidaynews/2014/