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A tiny K-8 school in the place I grew up has an interesting project. They are trying to get post cards from all 50 U.S. states sent to their school. I've been getting friends involved privately, but now that I know the address I have is for the school itself, and not someone's private mailbox, I'm expanding it a bit.

I've asked if they would be interested in also receiving post cards from around the world, and they are thrilled with the idea. If you can help with a simple hello line or two on a post card from wherever you are, these kids would be very grateful (and so would I. Many of the school staff are people I grew up with, and many of the kids are children of friends).

For security, only the teacher's name appears on the address.

Thank you in advance to anyone able to participate. Give me an "I'm in!" if you would, so I can gauge the response they will see...

Steve

The address:
Laura Benton
8939 Hwy 95
Mountain Grove, MO. 65711

Oh, Puerto Rico and Guam would be awesome, too! Anyone, anywhere! Anyone know someone working at McMurdo in Antarctica? That would be priceless!

Steve

I'll work on Guatemala.

Ill send em one from Pitman PA....sometimes I think we are our own planet here

Popeye the old miner wrote:Ill send em one from Pitman PA....sometimes I think we are our own planet here

Love it! Thank you!

Steve

Shame, I was just in Lisbon, Nice, Monaco, and Dublin with ample time in all for a post card. Off to Amsterdam in 2 weeks then Antigua. How soon do you need all these?

I'm in from Minnesota

One Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox will be on the way

cj737 wrote:Shame, I was just in Lisbon, Nice, Monaco, and Dublin with ample time in all for a post card. Off to Amsterdam in 2 weeks then Antigua. How soon do you need all these?

This project will continue through the school year at least, so until around June 1. I haven't asked if it's ongoing, into following years.

Those would have been great! Amsterdam and Antigua will be equally appreciated!

Steve

MinnesotaDave wrote:I'm in from Minnesota

One Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox will be on the way

Excellent!

I'm in in Clearwater, not international or exotic

I'll get one out to them from good ol Beloit, Wi.

I'm surprised young kids today know what a postcard is. My friend had an old rotary phone that he showed his son and he couldn't figure out how it worked, he kept pushing on the letters.

LtBadd wrote:I'm in in Clearwater, not international or exotic

True, but even Key West is still technically Florida.

This started as a fifty-states thing, and went international through my direct interference. Any post card form anywhere will be a welcome bit of amazement. This is a tiny backwater school in a tiny backwater town, and I want to show them that the world is small enough to include them.

Steve

Otto Nobedder wrote:

LtBadd wrote:I'm in in Clearwater, not international or exotic

True, but even Key West is still technically Florida.

This started as a fifty-states thing, and went international through my direct interference. Any post card form anywhere will be a welcome bit of amazement. This is a tiny backwater school in a tiny backwater town, and I want to show them that the world is small enough to include them.

That just reminded me, I have a friend in Key West that might be able to send a "Conch Republic" post card...

Steve

Farmwelding wrote:I'll get one out to them from good ol Beloit, Wi.

Excellent! Thank you!

Otto Nobedder wrote:

LtBadd wrote:I'm in in Clearwater, not international or exotic

True, but even Key West is still technically Florida.

This started as a fifty-states thing, and went international through my direct interference. Any post card form anywhere will be a welcome bit of amazement. This is a tiny backwater school in a tiny backwater town, and I want to show them that the world is small enough to include them.

Steve

Tiny backwater school in a tiny backwater town? Best kind of school and town there is...Pitman has about 400 people scattered all over the mountain and valley and about 50 or 60 people in downtown Pitman...and I'm so glad to be back home.

Postcard is on the way

Let me see if I can source one from here in Sydney..

OzFlo wrote:Let me see if I can source one from here in Sydney..

Sydney! That should wow the crowd!

Virginia checking in, i'll have one of the kids write a note. Since we're so close i feel qualified to send one for DC.

Artie F. Emm wrote:Since we're so close i feel qualified to send one for DC.

Will leave the light on for your safe return

You people are amazing! Thank you for the responses. I can't wait to see how the class feels about all this. I've recently started working with kids locally, and it's a new and different experience for me. Something about experiencing a child's delight through their eyes makes me feel younger than my years.

Steve

A few years ago I'd have been able to get one sent from Antarctica, but I don't know if anyone in my AF unit is still working rotations down there.

That said, I'll see about getting out out to them from Washington state.
A Space Needle card or possibly get something from the Boeing store, as big machines often seem to go over well with the younger crowd.

Hmmm... in theory, a guy could send an addressed, stamped card to any US postmaster, with a note asking him to drop it in the outgoing mail. Right? That could accomplish the McMurdo Station post mark.

I want to thank everyone who agreed to participate in this!

That little "middle of nowhere" schoolhouse has been getting post cards from around the world.

Much love to my friends in the welding community.

Steve