This time of year for the past 100 years people across the country have gone to their local post office to retrieve one of the hundreds of "Letters to Santa" sent by children who otherwise would have a bleak holiday. In New York alone approximately 3000 people a day anonymously send packages to arrive in time for the Christmas holiday to some of the almost 500,000 children that write.
For those of you who take part of this program be aware that this year the U.S. Postal Service has discontinued the adopt a letter tradition after finding that one of the letters was retrieved by a recognized registered sex offender. Despite confronting the man who denied any wrong doing and advised that he just wanted to do a good deed, retrieving the letter and advising the parents of the child involved the postal service has temporarily halted the cross country program leaving 1000s of donors with good intentions but no means to pass along the holiday spirit. Originally the letters were handled anonymously but a few years ago filling out a form and showing photo id became a requirement to participate in the program. Because of this incident the USPS is currently reviewing the process in which they delegate the letters with hopes that they can put more protective measures in place and resolve this dilemma in time to save this Christmas.
There is rumor that the 33rd Street, NY, Post Office will resume the program on Saturday, December 20th, with any new regulations in place, but that remains to be seen.
For those of you who take part of this program be aware that this year the U.S. Postal Service has discontinued the adopt a letter tradition after finding that one of the letters was retrieved by a recognized registered sex offender. Despite confronting the man who denied any wrong doing and advised that he just wanted to do a good deed, retrieving the letter and advising the parents of the child involved the postal service has temporarily halted the cross country program leaving 1000s of donors with good intentions but no means to pass along the holiday spirit. Originally the letters were handled anonymously but a few years ago filling out a form and showing photo id became a requirement to participate in the program. Because of this incident the USPS is currently reviewing the process in which they delegate the letters with hopes that they can put more protective measures in place and resolve this dilemma in time to save this Christmas.
There is rumor that the 33rd Street, NY, Post Office will resume the program on Saturday, December 20th, with any new regulations in place, but that remains to be seen.
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