“Holiday Mail for Heroes” Receives More than 1.4 Million Cards for Service Members, Veterans and Military Families
January 08 2009 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
More than 1.4 million holiday cards for service members, veterans
and military families were received through Holiday Mail for
Heroes, a joint initiative of Pitney Bowes and the American Red
Cross. Messages from Americans of thanks, support and holiday cheer
went to service men and women at more than 300 military bases and
hospitals, veteran�s hospitals, and other locations in the U.S. and
around the world. From November 11 until December 10, 2008, the
public sent holiday cards to a special post office box. Pitney
Bowes and the Red Cross screened cards for hazardous materials,
sorted and packaged the cards, and delivered them to military
installations and hospitals around the world. The 1.4 million cards
received were more than double the number of cards from 2007, when
nearly 600,000 cards were received, screened, sorted and delivered.
�Pitney Bowes is honored to have participated in this important
initiative for the second year in a row with the American Red
Cross,� said Jon Love, President of Pitney Bowes Government
Solutions. �The outpouring of cards sent by the public with
messages of thanks, support and holiday cheer to service men and
women, veterans and military families was truly inspirational and
helped make the �Holiday Mail for Heroes� program a huge success.�
Media outlets across the country covered the story, and First Lady
Laura Bush gave the support of the White House to the program when
she joined a card sorting event in Washington, DC on Dec. 6. Red
Cross chapters in 17 locations around the country received cards
for sorting and worked with Pitney Bowes to distribute them to
deserving members of the military and their families. �I was
confident we would collect one million cards for our service
members, and I�m thrilled to see that the American people responded
and pushed us far beyond that goal,� said Sherri Brown, Senior Vice
President of Service to the Armed Forces for the American Red
Cross. �This would never have been possible if people weren�t
willing to take some time out of their busy holiday schedules to
send a greeting to a service member, and for that we are so
grateful.� For additional information on �Holiday Mail for Heroes,�
please visit: www.redcross.org/holidaymail. 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. 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.
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