This occasion was brought to our attention by one of our stationery suppliers, and I wanted to share it with you. Its been a long time since I have sat down and written a letter to a friend … but I fondly remember keeping in touch with pen pals in my younger years. Even through my college days, I wrote letters to friends who attended different colleges. Learning that there’s a month dedicated to this long lost art of letter writing, in a world of email, instant messaging, text messages, facebook and myspace, has inspired me to pick up a pen and paper again for the first time in years!
National Card and Letter Writing Month is April 1st through May 11th. The US Postal Service has a message to everyone who needs to reinvigorate relationships or rekindle romance: “Touch them with a letter they can feel and keep.” The Postal Service is extending this popular campaign by carrying over into May, culminating with the writing and sending of cards and letters for Mother’s Day, which is Sunday, May 10th.
Postmaster General John E. Potter says it best, “National Card and Letter Writing Month is an opportunity for all Americans to rediscover the timeless and very personal art of letter writing. Both in times of peace and conflict, cards and letters are the most effective way to share and permanently record our thoughts, prayers, hopes and dreams.”
Who will you write to this month?
