The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes team up to invite the public to “Send a Touch of Home” to service men and women.

The public can participate in the campaign by sending holiday cards with personal messages to a special post office box through Monday, December 7. The Red Cross and Pitney Bowes will then screen cards for hazardous materials, sort and package the cards, and deliver them to military bases and hospitals, veteran’s hospitals and other locations in the U.S. and abroad during the holidays. Pitney Bowes is providing all screening, packaging and shipping at no charge, as well as providing thousands of volunteer hours around the country. The local Red Cross will utilize volunteers to sort and deliver greetings to military and veteran’s hospitals and military bases in November andHoliday cards should be addressed and sent to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD
20791-5456.

Please be sure to affix adequate postage. Cards must be received no later than December 7. Cards received after this date will be returned to senders. For reasons of processing and safety, participants are asked to refrain from sending “care packages,” monetary gifts, using glitter or including any inserts with the cards.

The American Red Cross is asking veterans, military family members or community volunteers to help us sort cards on Thursday, December 17th beginning at 9 a.m. at the American Red Cross, 2751 Bull Street, Columbia. Please email gummt@usa.redcross. org for more information. For additional details and card requirements, visit www.redcross.org/holidaymail.