Fans of American Idol Contestant Vonzell Solomon can Congratulate her at USPS.com  

Fans of American Idol Finalist and Mail Carrier Vonzell Solomon Can Say 'Congratulations' Via usps.com

WASHINGTON, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet savvy fans can extend their kudos to American Idol finalist and Postal Service mail carrier Vonzell Solomon through her exclusive 90210 Post Office Box directly from usps.com. Thanks to a new customized card featured on NetPost CardStore, the Postal Service is making it easy to "connect the connected" through the internet and fans can now send congratulatory wishes to Vonzell with just a click of the mouse.

Last week, a post office box at the Beverly Hills Post Office was opened to make it easy for fans to extend congratulations and support to Vonzell -- a Rural Carrier from Fort Myers, Florida. Going a step further, a special card has been designed to make it convenient for fans using the internet to congratulate their idol for her continued success on the show and to offer encouragement during the remaining weeks of the competition.

"The nearly 120,000 men and women of the United States Postal Service who are dedicated to delivering the mail to rural America salute their idol," said Dale A. Holton, President of the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association. "Many of them undoubtedly tune in every week to watch, cheer for and vote for Vonzell. I'm now asking all of my fellow postal employees and their families who support Vonzell to vote and make her America's idol!"

Rural Carriers represent a portion of the 700,000 total employees of the U.S. Postal Service -- each are dedicated to providing the best service possible to the American people.

Fans who want to use NetPost CardStore to send Vonzell a card offering their congratulations and words of encouragement just need to log onto http://www.usps.com/cardstore and complete an easy registration process. The card is located in the Personal Collection under "congratulations," and fans have the option of sending a 5x7 folded greeting card or a 5x7 postcard for the same postage. Simply follow the directions on the site to create the card and choose from a variety of fonts, sizes and colors to convey a special message.

Vonzell's address is: VONZELL SOLOMON

C/O POSTMASTER

P.O. BOX V

BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210-9998

When entering address information, enter her name in the "primary contact" space and enter "C/O POSTMASTER" beside "Job Title," and enter the PO Box, City, State and ZIP information where prompted.

NetPost CardStore is the Postal Service's quick, easy, convenient service featured online at http://www.usps.com/cardstore that makes it possible for users to create greeting cards electronically and they are then printed and sent as First-Class Mail. Using NetPost CardStore, users can sit down in front of their computer and design personalized greeting cards complete with a family photo or a specially designed graphic -- or they can choose from thousands of designs already there. Sending a greeting card is as easy as clicking a mouse!

Since 1775, the U.S. Postal Service has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail. An independent federal agency, the Postal Service makes deliveries to more than 142 million addresses every day and is the only service provider to deliver to every address in the nation. The Postal Service receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and services. With annual revenues of $69 billion, it is the world's leading provider of mail and delivery services, offering some of the most affordable postage rates in the world. Moreover, today's postage rates will remain stable until at least 2006. The U.S. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of the world's mail volume -- some 206 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a year -- and serves seven million customers each day at its 37,000 retail locations nationwide. SOURCE U.S. Postal Service

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