[MR] Fwd: Pennsic Post Office, feel free to distribute widely

[Denise McMahon]

But we love our little post office at Pennsic!
Here's what you can do to save it.

cheers!

Rowan B.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Judith Kirk <judith.a.kirk at wmich.edu>
> Date: April 23, 2009 11:14:05 AM EDT
> To: SCA-Laurels <sca-laurels at ansteorra.org>, mk- 
> pelican at midrealm.org, sca-middle at midrealm.org,  
> Pelicans at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Pennsic Post Office, feel free to distribute widely
>
>
>
> On to the great populace of the many Kingdoms of the SCA, do we,
> the Spalding Abbey Philatelic Society send greetings.
>
>
> Every year at Pennsic (for at least the last 18 years) the United
> States Postal Service has set up a mobile mail station. It was
> brought to our attention last year that due to the current economic
> times they might be ending the 1 week Pennsic Station.
>
>
> Please help us try to save the station. Why? It allows merchants to
> get money orders to help keep their earnings safe. Allows friends
> and family to easily send greetings to those they have left behind.
> Enables people who buy too much to fit into their car, or come to
> Pennsic by plane, too send packages home. Lastly it allows our great
> war to have a special pictorial postal cancel that is not only
> collected by members of the SCA, but by philatelic collectors around
> the United States.
>
>
> If you have ever used any of these services and hope to do so this
> year please contact the United States Postal Service and tell them
> how much you appreciate having the postal service on site and to
> please keep the Pennsic War Station Open. You can do this multiple
> ways. You can call 1-800-ASK-USPS (275-8777) or you can go to
> www.usps.com and send
> them an email from their site. On the main site go to the upper
> right corner and click on Customer Service, it will take you to a
> page with more contact information and a place were you can send an
> email. Or you can send a letter to the Slippery Rock Postmaster at
> Post Master- Slippery Rock 400 S Main ST , Slippery Rock PA
> 16057-1200.
> Please mention the mobile Postal station at Pennsic War, Coopers
> Lake Camp Ground, 16057 in any correspondence.
>
>
> With enough voices we may be able to keep our Pennsic Postal
> Station open. Please cross post this missive to anyone you may think
> interested.
>
>
> In Service,
> The Founding Members of the Spading Abbey Philatelic Society,
> Lord Ivarr Treger, Domina Eldagytha Zaynabsmottir, Mistress Zaynab
> Yasmine bint Hasan
>
>
> USPS - The United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service)
> Source: www.usps.com
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>
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>



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wholeness you make me whole. In my service you serve me. I bow to  
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