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Christmas Card Postal Service

Facts and Figures

The Christmas Card Postal Service was started in 1988. In that year only 6 collection bins were used, 2,045 cards were collected and delivered raising £248-50.

In 2004 we collected and delivered 14,694 cards and raised just over £1,520.

The record to date was set in 1995. We collected and delivered 16,201 cards and raised £1,681-19.

The price per card has always been 10p.

The operation is masterminded by Dawn. When she first took over the organisation of the service there were only 20 delivery rounds. The rounds were too big and volunteers found themselves taking a whole day to complete a round. The first thing that Dawn did was to take a look at the rounds to see which ones could be made smaller. There are now 50 rounds which are more manageable.

Members of the 1994 Team

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