Letters to Santa Has Begun!

Letters to Santa has arrived here at Melt!!  

Here is how it will work:

- We have a selection of real ‘Letters to Santa’ from the

USPS Program written by kids in need living throughout 

Westchester County.

- If you PROMISE to fulfill a letter, we will give you one 

FREE beverage of your choice AND one bag of chips!

- Added Bonus: It makes YOU feel great.

For a little of our personal background on the program, click HERE

For the Official USPS page, click HERE

The Details:

* One letter per customer.

* You will be fully responsible for fulfilling the letter once you take it from us.  This includes purchasing one or more of the requested items, gift-wrapping if desired, and bringing the gift/s back to us to send to the child. (Please be sure to either write the full name of the child on the gift, or bring the letter back with you so we know who to send it to!)

* For the letters that have gift requests for multiple children, team up with another person!  If you both promise to fulfill one letter together, you each will receive a drink and bag of chips!

* NOT every gift requested in the letter must be sent. Some of these letters ask for frivolous/over the top items (i.e. laptops, Xbox 360s..) but all letters ask for items of need (i.e. clothes, shoes, books, presents for others).  We ask you to send at least one gift of need in order to fulfill the letter.

Also…

* You do not have to live in Westchester to participate!!!

If you’re reading this from afar and would like to fulfill one of these letters out of the goodness of your heart, please shoot us an e-mail at info@meltsandwich.com with your name, address, and phone number and we’ll send a letter to you!! 

Or, check your local post office for their participation!

            

Letters to Santa Coming to Melt!

Is your list this long?!

Well, it's December! Which can mean many things.  It's the official start of the Holiday Season (which this year also coincides with Hanukkah)... yay! Candles, and bows, and lights, and trees, and garland, oh my!  Secondly, it's officially (well, to those of us that didn't get everything accomplished on black Friday at least) the start of the serious gift-buying.  Presents, and shopping, and lines, and hiding, and wrapping oh.....yikes.  We all get so caught up in buying these gifts for those we love, but what about those that may not be as fortunate?  


For the past few years Bill and I have participated in a program run by the US Post Office called "Operation Letters to Santa".  Post Office workers separate letters mailed to Santa Claus, open them up, and organize them into bins.  The public is then allowed to read through the letters and grant a few Christmas wishes for children who's families may not be able to get as caught up with the 'present-ing' that a lot of us take for granted.  


We started participating about five years ago and have been hooked ever since.  It's minimal effort, but can really help make a child's Holiday special.  Some of the letters are mailed directly to "SANTA" in scratchy mis-spelled writing and are meant for Santa only, where as some others are addressed to "Operation Santa Claus" from parents that know of the program.  Of course you'll come across the "Give me 10 games for my Nintendo Wii and 5 more for my DS" or "I want a Pony", but the ones that really get me are the "Dear Santa, Please bring a sweatshirt for my little sister so she doesn't have to be cold at night" letters, or "Could you please give me a backpack for school?".  Those are the one's that make Christmas real.  


SO.. my point is (and I do have one) this year we will be bringing Operation Letters to Santa to Melt!!  The White Plains post office doesn't know their exact day yet of when the letters will first become available to the public, but we wanted to give you a heads up that we'll be doing this!  As soon as they open it up, we will get them here!  

Here's how it will work:

- We'll have a collection of letters for you choose from.

- For every letter you promise to fulfill, you will receive one free beverage of your choice (yes, Joe Tea's included!) AND one bag of chips! 

- And the added bonus: It will make YOU feel great too.

As soon as the White Plains Post Office releases the letters we will be starting this here at Melt, so stay tuned for the official start date!

With a mailbox like this, who wouldn't want to be Santa?!