Calling All Seniors – You’ve Got Mail!
A local promotion in advance of Active Aging Week, September 20 to 26 will link scouts with seniors for a pen pal program coordinated by the Postal Service Consumer Advisory Council with local scout leaders. Post Offices in Cape Coral, North Ft Myers and the Page Field Post Office will carry a special gift pack for purchase which will include two packages of note cards, a full sheet of scouting First-Class mail postage stamps and a pre-paid postage envelope for sending the gift pack to a local scout leader. The gift pack sells for $15.78 and is also available by mail order.
All ranks of scouts will benefit from this activity which delivers the message of caring about the elderly as well as the art of writing and sending mail. All senior living facilities in the Ft Myers/Cape Coral area are encouraged to contact Debra Mitchell at 573-9638 to participate in the program. The gift packs will be shared equally between the scout and the senior with each receiving a package of note cards and ten postage stamps to get them started.
To purchase a gift pack by mail send a check payable to Postmaster to:
Scouts Caring About Seniors, 79 Mid Cape Ter, Cape Coral, Fl 33991. Your gift pack will be mailed to the address you provide and you will forward it to the scouts in the pre-paid postage envelope provided. You can identify yourself as the sponsor or remain anonymous. There is no greater gift to give than touching the lives of those who are lonely!
For more information about purchasing stamps, stamps by mail, postal regulations, a free subscription to USA Philatelic magazine, Post Office events, the location of the nearest postal store or contract unit, or for answers to your specific Postal Service questions, contact USPS at 1-800-275-8777, or visit usps.com. To schedule a presentation for your community, club or group on how the Postal Service brings the Post Office to your home or office computer, call 573-9638.
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