Ignore my bad

[pyrxtc]

My bad, trusted my sister would check things out.

[lovemygoofy]

You can't mail a Christmas card to someone at Walter Reed like this. It has to be addressed to someone if you mailing it directly to Walter Reed.

Here is the generic address for everyone to send Christmas Cards:


http://www.redcross.org/holidaymail


Holiday Mail for Heroes is back!

In this season of hope and giving the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. have joined forces to invite Americans to “send a touch of home” to United States service members and veterans across the country and abroad. In its third year, the Holiday Mail for Heroes program is an opportunity to share joy and thanks with our service members throughout the holiday season by way of a greeting card.

Today over 1.4 million men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces and over 24 million veterans have served in the past. The holiday season is the perfect time to honor and extend a warm holiday greeting to those who’ve served and continue to do so.
Take a look at what people are saying about the program:

How Holiday Mail works
We have established an extensive process to ensure all cards sent to our service members are safe and arrive in time for the holidays. Holiday cards will be collected through a unique P.O. Box address from Monday, November 2 through Monday, December 7*.

First, cards from across the nation must be sent to this address:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Every card received will be screened for hazardous materials by Pitney Bowes and distributed to participating Red Cross chapters nationwide. Once the cards arrive at the Red Cross chapters, they are sorted and reviewed by volunteers who then distribute them to service members, their families and veterans in communities across the country.



.Please don’t forget to follow these guidelines while preparing your holiday greetings!

Do...

Sign all cards
Entitle cards “Dear Service Member, Family or Veteran”
Limit cards to 15 per person or 50 for school class or business group
Bundle groups of cards in single, large envelopes

Don’t...

Send letters
Include personal information such as home or email addresses
Use glitter – excessive amounts can aggravate health issues of wounded recipients
Include inserts of any kind as they must be removed in the screening process

[pyrxtc]

my sister was told to send cards this way from her boss at her hospital on base. I am merely passing on the info.

[paintnolish]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/walterreed.asp
Sorry, I'm "that" person.

[DVC~OKW~96]

Yes. Sending unaddressed (as in undesignated to a specific person) mail to any military base/entity will result in that mail not being delivered.

It's unfortunate that the incorrect information keeps getting put out there. That ends up clogging the system and keeps people from learning the ways to get mail to the military personnel.

The intent is good, but the reality does much more harm than the good that was intended.

[SaraJayne]

Originally Posted by pyrxtc

my sister was told to send cards this way from her boss at her hospital on base. I am merely passing on the info.

As was already pointed out, her boss is wrong. Those cards will be destroyed and thrown away.

The cards have to be addressed to a specific soldier.