Honoring Our Troops - PostcardMania Prints 75,000 Postcards for the Tampa Bay `Postcards From Home` Program

Released on: October 24, 2007, 7:48 pm

Press Release Author: Karla Jo Helms/VP Public Relations/PostcardMania

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: PostcardMania donates to US 103.5's "Postcards From Home"
Tampa Bay program to bring holiday wishes from the citizens to the troops overseas.


Press Release Body: Clearwater, FL, October 12, 2007 - In support of the American
Troops, PostcardMania announced today that for the second year in a row that they
have donated the design and printing of Holiday Greetings postcards for America
soldiers deployed overseas in coordination with US 103.5's "Postcards From Home"
Tampa Bay program.

"Postcards From Home", sponsored by US 103.5 and radio personality Skip Mahaffey,
has been instrumental in sending out over 150,000 holiday postcards from listeners
to troops overseas over the past seven years. This year PostcardMania raised its
contribution to 75,000 postcards - 25, 000 more than last year.

According to About.com there are over 170,000 American Troops in Iraq. Since the
majority of them will not be home this holiday season, US103.5 is encouraging Tampa
Bay citizens to relay encouragement and gratitude by sending a personal note to
these soldiers via a postcard. The 75,000 postcards PostcardMania printed are a
series of holiday designs that are blank on the back side for Tampa Bay citizens to
write their messages.

"Over the years we\'ve heard from military personnel all over the world who have told
us that these postcards helped them through a very lonely holiday season,\" said Skip
Mahaffey. "PostcardMania has been the first and only direct mail firm to step up to
the plate and offer to help."

Schools, churches, retirement homes, business and other organizations should contact
US 103.5 to reserve postcards in the quantities they need by calling 813-832-1444.
After crafting holiday messages of thanks and gratitude, the postcards should then
be dropped off to any Buddy's Home Furnishings location no later that mid-November
to ensure all the postcards will arrive to the American Troops overseas in time for
the Holidays.

"This is a great thing that US 103.5 is doing," said Joy Gendusa, CEO of
PostcardMania; "The genuine gratitude shown to the men and women that are far away
from home and missing their families means a lot"

Tampa Bay citizens can also tune into US 103.5 or call into PostcardMania at
800-628-1804 for more information about the program and ideas on how they can get
involved.


About PostcardMania:
Hailed as one of the 500 fastest growing privately-held companies in the USA by Inc.
Magazine, PostcardMania was founded by Joy Gendusa in 1998, her only assets a
computer and a phone. Today they are on a $15 million-dollar-revenue run rate and
employ over 135 people. PostcardMania was the first full-service postcard direct
mail marketing company to market to general businesses nation-wide and help them
expand through the use of direct mail marketing techniques. Their services include
graphic design, printing, highly-targeted mailing list acquisition and mailing
services with FREE marketing advice. Visit their website at href=\"http://www.postcardmania.com\">http://www.PostcardMania.com

About US 103.5:
US 103.5 www.thunder1035.com is part of Clear Channel Radio, a leading radio company
focused on serving local communities across the U.S. with more than 110 million
listeners choosing Clear Channel Radio programming each week. The company\'s content
can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, on the Internet, via
iPods, through Motorola\'s iRadio cell-phone service, and via mobile-navigation
devices from Cobra, Garmin, Kenwood and others. The company\'s operations include
radio broadcasting, syndication and independent media representation. Clear Channel
Radio is a division of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU), a leading
global media and entertainment company. More information on the company can be
found at www.clearchannel.com.

Web Site: http://www.PostcardMania.com

Contact Details: PostcardMania, Inc.
404 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756

Karla Jo Helms, VP Public Relations
800-628-1804 x 342
fax: 727-441-4704

www.PostcardMania.com

Karla_Jo@PostcardMania.com

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