Remember to Send "Holiday Mail For Heroes" And Thank a Service Member this Thanksgiving
11.26.2008 – WASHINGTON, November 26, 2008-For the second year in a row, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are collecting cards to distribute to service members and their families around the world this holiday season. This year a million cards are expected and will be distributed at more than 300 military installations and hospitals around the world.
There are many ways you can take part in sending a special greeting to a service member this holiday season:
• Visit www.redcross.org/holidaymail for program guidelines and the mailing address
• Sign our eCard, online at http://www.groupcard.com/c/TeqOvxYOleS
• Leave a message for a service member on our Services to Armed Forces Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Red-Cross-Service-to-Armed-Forces/20289296475)
• Add a Holiday Mail for Heroes banner to your website or blog (http://www.redcross.org/psa/bannerorder/all/holidayheroes.asp)
“Holiday Mail for Heroes” is in place to help reduce the burden on military hospitals who receive large numbers of cards for soldiers. If you receive emails encouraging you to send cards to these locations please consider sending them instead through the Holiday Mail for Heroes program. If you have questions about the program, please visit our website for more details.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and counsels victims of disasters; provides nearly half of the nation''s blood supply; teaches lifesaving skills; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization - not a government agency - and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its humanitarian mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at www.redcrosschat.org.
About Pitney Bowes:
Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 36,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6.4 billion. More information is available at www.pb.com.
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