The Reno and Sparks Post Offices are offering special weekend retail hours at certain locations to help make customers’ holiday shipping tasks a bit more convenient.

• For three Sundays – Dec. 8, 15, and 22 – the Reno Post Office, located at 2000 Vassar St, will offer special holiday retail hours from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• For two Sundays – Dec. 8 and 15 – the Sparks Post Office, located at 2929 Vista Blvd, will offer special holiday retail hours from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Millions of cards, letters and packages move through mail processing facilities in Nevada every day, and that number rises during the holidays. The USPS recognizes that it may be difficult for customers to pick up during normal business hours, and offers an opportunity this holiday season to extend pickup hours.

The Postal Service expects to deliver about 800 million packages during the holiday season. In total, the Postal Service will deliver nearly 13 billion letters, cards, and packages from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve.

The Postal Service is ready to deliver holiday greetings and gifts to more than 159 million addresses nationwide. The busiest mailing week this season will be Dec. 16-22, when more than 2.5 billion pieces of mail, including greeting cards and packages, are expected to be processed and delivered. Dec. 16 is expected to be the busiest day for usps.com with more than 8.5 million customers predicted to visit on that day alone.
A reminder that stamps and packaging supplies are available via your computer 24/7 at www.usps.com – where customers can also use their credit or debit card to purchase mailing labels for packages and then arrange for free carrier pickup of those items the next business day.
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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