Today's Holidays Need Today's Mail
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -? This holiday, the U.S.
Postal Service is giving customers a special gift: More time. On us.
Order Flat-Rate Boxes. Check holiday mailing dates. Request free
package pickup. All at a time and day convenient to customers. One click
does the trick at http://www.usps.com.
"From finding the closest Post Office with extended hours to ordering
free, environmentally friendly packaging during the late, late show, the
Postal Service is looking out for our customers," said Anita Bizzotto, USPS
chief marketing officer and executive vice president. "These free services
are further evidence that today's holidays need today's mail."
Here are some time-saving tips and free services to help make the
holidays a little brighter:
FREE package pickup: Don't fight Mother Nature. Stay inside where it's
nice and warm and let the Postal Service do what it does best --- pick up
and deliver mail. Prepare Priority Mail and Express Mail packages then
notify us online at http://www.usps.com/pickup that they're ready to be
picked up. Free package pickup is available from home or office, regardless
of the weather. Unlike other shipping companies, there is no fee for the
service.
FREE eco-friendly boxes and envelopes: Send a very "green" holiday
message across town or around the world when sending Priority Mail and
Express Mail packages and envelopes. The U.S. Postal Service is the only
mailing or shipping company in the nation to achieve "Cradle to Cradle"(SM)
Certification for human and environmental health. These supplies are 100
percent recyclable. To make it even easier, the same box can be used for
domestic or international mail.
FREE shipping supplies: Tape, labels, international mailing products,
even customs forms are available online at http://www.usps.com -? at no
charge. Chose from a variety of Priority Mail and Express Mail envelopes
and packages, including the popular Flat-Rate Box, and Priority Mail boxes
for mailing videos, DVDs or CDs. Stop wasting time searching for a
cardboard box or abandoned shoe box. Everything you need is online and can
be shipped to your home or office.
FREE military CareKits: The Postal Service has created a special
mailing and shipping kit designed specifically for military families
sending packages overseas. Each CARE KIT contains two Priority Mail boxes,
six Priority Mail Flat-Rate boxes, eight Priority Mail labels, one roll of
Priority Mail tape and eight customs forms with envelopes. Call
1-800-610-8734 and ask for the CARE KIT.
FREE Holiday Guide: Sent to every residential address in the nation,
the Holiday Guide provides helpful tips and resources as well as
time-saving and stress-free services available online at usps.com.
Visit the Holiday Press Room at http://www.usps.com
Please Note: Two fact sheets in support of this press release are
available in the Holiday Press Room at usps.com. For broadcast quality
video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS
Newsroom at http://www.usps.com/news.
An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only
delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes
and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies
on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating
expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75
billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail.
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