What:

U.S. Postal Service Holiday Mailing Tips and Deadlines, and the opportunity to shoot B-roll footage of mail processing operations at the Pennwood Place Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Warrendale.

Who:

Media Relations representative will be available for interviews and to lead a plant tour by pre-scheduled appointment.

When:

Either Tuesday, December 10, or Thursday, December 12, 2019
Appointment can be made between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Where:

Pennwood Place P&DC
51 Pennwood Place Suite 100
Warrendale, PA 15086

Background:

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is ready to deliver more than 28 million packages per day between Dec.16-21, and will average 20.5 million packages per day through the remainder of the year.

With a projected 800 million package deliveries between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the Postal Service delivers more packages to homes than any other shipper.

Mailing early is the key to beating the rush. Customers should take note of the following mail-by deadlines:

• Retail Ground®    Dec - 14
• First-Class Mail®   Dec - 20
• Priority Mail®    Dec - 21  (the best bargain in shipping)
• Priority Mail Express™ Dec - 23* (Commitments based on drop-off times.)

 Skip the Trip and Ship Online

Consumers can use usps.com to ship their packages and save trips to the Post Office. Nearly 105 million consumers are predicted to visit usps.com between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. The Postal Service estimates nearly 400,000 consumers will use the Click-N-Ship feature and other online services Dec. 16 to order free Priority Mail boxes, print shipping labels, purchase postage and request free next-day Package Pickup.

If you would like to make an appointment to take advantage of this media opportunity on either Dec. 10 or Dec. 12 - please contact Tad Kelley, APR at (412) 359-7119 or email tad.kelley@usps.gov.

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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