3 Ways to Make Someone Smile

 

We've got 3 easy ways to make someone smile:

1. Fun Mail - Send a kid smiles first class with Fun Mail. Each mailing is personalized for the child receiving it. Kids get to fill out a survey of likes and dislikes and Fun Mail Specialists go to work curating mail collections just for them.

2. College Care Packs - College age kids love getting mail too! Especially when its fun, cool stuff for them and possibly their roomies. Cute themed packs of necessities and goodies make any college kids feel the love from home.

3. Sweetheart Mail - Want to so something fun and romantic for your special someone? Sweetheart mail will send your sweetheart a once a month special something in the mail. Who doesn't love getting a box of candy and/or a handwritten note telling them how special they are?

There you have it, 3 ways to make someone smile. Let Kids Fun Mail make the people in your life feel special. Visit www.KidsFunMail.com to learn more.

 

Kids Sent in the Mail

Crazy as it seems, did you know they used to actually send kids in the mail?

 

In 1914, six year old May Pierstorff was mailed about 73 miles from her parents' home in Idaho to her grandparents. It cost just 53 cents.

  

 

May Pierstorff  (photo credit to Smithsonian National Postal Museum blog)

 

Little May wasn't the only kid sent via US Parcel Post. The first child actually mailed was an unnamed boy in Batavia, Ohio sent in January of 1913. He was mailed to his grandparents for 15 cents postage and was insured for $50. There are records of other children being mailed also.   

 

No, parents didn't slap stamps on the kids foreheads and put them in a box. The children who were "mailed" were placed with trusted postal workers who traveled with them to their destinations. This new mail service was cheaper than sending a child by traditional travel means at the time. 

 

To stop the postal service from being taken advantage of, in 1914, Postmaster General Burleson issued directions to all the nation's postmasters that human beings were barred from the mail. But that didn't stop the practice completely; other children were mailed including a 14 pound baby, who a month after the directions, was carried 12 miles by a rural carrier in Maryland. A year later, the longest trip of a child was recorded. Six year old Edna Neff was mailed from her mother's home in Pensacola, Florida to her father's home in Christainburg, Virginia.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Away for College

It's challenging for kids to go off to school. For many it's the first time they are away from home, at least for any length of time. College freshmen often feel homesick. 

Parents and other family members can make those freshmen, or any college age, feel connected again by sending them some love through the mail. Cards, letters and care packages are sure to make them smile. Where you are away from home, it's nice to know someone is thinking of you.  

Just in time for the fall semester! We've now added College Care Packages to our services. Now you can choose to send regular Fun Mail packs or specially made College Care Packages. Check out more details on the website now.

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