INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Postal Service Operation Santa program celebrates its 108th year in 2020 by opening up to nationwide participation. Now, more than ever, the program is needed to help less fortunate kids and families during the holidays.
The Postal Service established the USPS Operation Santa program to help those in need experience the joy of opening presents — and to create special holiday memories. Since it began, millions of less fortunate children and their families have been helped by the kindness of others. The program is for every person of every belief, or non-belief. The purpose is to help as many deserving families as possible. And that can only be done if good-hearted adopters step forward.
To participate in the USPS Operation Santa program as a possible recipient of holiday gifts, all you have to do is write a letter, put it in a stamped envelope with a return address, and send it to Santa’s official workshop address: Santa Claus, 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888. Letters will be accepted Nov. 16 – Dec. 15.
Beginning Dec. 4, letters will be available for nationwide adoption by visiting USPSOperationSanta.com — all from the socially distant safety of your own home. Potential adopters can read the letters and pick one, or more, that they’d like to fulfill. For security reasons, potential adopters must be vetted by going through a short registration and ID verification process before they are allowed to adopt any letter.
Companies also help adopt letters. Every year many companies create teams and adopt several letters. All the better to help grant that special wish to deserving families and kids.