This year of 2020 has been rough and it could definitely use some extra good things in it, so it makes us extra happy to announce our yearly partnership with Deutsche Post on the Cards for Literacy campaign, where postcards count for a good cause! Without further ado:
So if you’re in Germany, all you need to do is to send postcards! If your December postcards are registered before the end of February 2021, you will be contributing to this cause and entering a draw to win some neat prizes! Seven lucky postcrossers (residents in Germany only) will be randomly selected to receive one of these:
- One voucher for the Marke Individuell Online Shop worth 100€.
- Three vouchers for the Marke Individuell Online Shop worth 40€ each.
- Three post-themed messenger bags from Deutsche Post.
So by sending postcards from Germany in December, you’re not only helping a good cause, but can also win some customizable stamps or maybe a cool-looking messenger bag. Hurray! Each postcard sent is worth one entry, so the more postcards you send, the more chances you have to win one of the prizes.
And although only postcards sent from Germany count, there’s always a receiver in every postcard exchange — so each time a card from Germany is registered, the recipient will be indirectly contributing to this donation too. So don’t forget to register your postcards promptly, so that more can be sent!
As usual, Paulo will run his random number generator in March next year, and we’ll reveal the total amount of postcards sent (and money raised for Stiftung Lesen) here in the blog. Last year, an unbelievable total of €9,968.30€ was raised for this good cause, breaking all previous records and nearly going into the 10K level. The bar has definitely been raised for this year! 😄
Stiftung Lesen is a German non-profit organization, working to increase literacy in the population, especially among children and adolescents. Their activities include reading clubs, media literacy projects and initiatives to promote the learning of German language by refugee families in the country.
We hope you’re as excited as we are for the 8th edition of the Cards for Literacy campaign. If you’re in Germany, gather your stamps and postcards and get ready for sending lots of postcards in December to make them count for this good cause! Everyone else, keep an eye on your mailbox for those postcards!
P.S. – As always, we respect your personal information and will not share it with any company without your explicit permission. The full details of this campaign can be read here (German only).
39 comments so far
This seems a good reason to start again now. Though last year only a few of my cards were counted.
Unfortunately I have read this only just now. Otherwise I would've saved slots for a couple of days. BUT december starts soon anyway.
Hopefully the other 4 postcards will registered in December that I can contribute a bit more.
Happy Postcrossing!
50 free slots
If we all stay together perhaps we manage the goal of 100.000 registered cards and a result of 10.000 Euro for the "Stiftung Lesen" of the "Deutsche Post".
Let´s try and do our best.
Ute
Last year more than 60 cards of my in December sent cards were registered.
And myself as well. I hope te visit Germany in December and sent postcards in Travel Mode.
Reading, the good cause here, should be a worldwide right to learn for everyone.
And the overall numbers are looking good, especially since there are almost two month left for our postcards to arrive and get registered.
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