Media Advisory: Sing-Along to Celebrate Scouting

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Jun 05, 2012, 10:55 ET

United States Postal Service Commemorates Girl Scouts' 100th Anniversary on National Mall

WASHINGTON , June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the U.S. Postal Service:

What:
U.S. Postal Service will issue Celebrate Scouting First-Class Mail Forever stamp to commemorate Girl Scouts of the USA 100th anniversary. The stamp will be dedicated in song at the Girl Scouts Rock the Mall: 100th Anniversary Sing-Along.

Who:
Giselle Valera, vice president, Global Business, United States Postal Service
Lidio Soto-Harmon, chief executive officer, Girl Scouts Nations Capital

When:
Saturday, June 9, 2012
12:15 p.m. (Program begins at 12 Noon)

Where:
The Washington Monument grounds on the National Mall
Media check-in tent located behind the main stage (17th and Independence Avenue)
Washington, DC

Background:
With the issuance of this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Celebrate Scouting, the "sister" stamp to the 2010 Scouting stamp, pays tribute to scouting organizations for the opportunities and pleasures they have provided millions of youths worldwide.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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SOURCE U.S. Postal Service