It’s that wonderful time of the year again when postcards become more than just a happy surprise in your mailbox — they transform into books and help for those who struggle with reading! We’re excited to kick off the 12th edition of the “Cards for Literacy” campaign, celebrating over a decade of partnership with Deutsche Post and helping many people in Germany improve their literacy skills throughout all these years. Let’s keep this December tradition alive and thriving!
If you’re in Germany, it’s time to organize your stationery and make sure you have all the postcards and stamps you need! Every card you send in December (and that’s registered by February 28, 2025) will contribute to this meaningful cause.
As if making a difference weren’t rewarding enough, you’ll also have a chance to win some neat prizes: one €100 voucher and five €50 vouchers for the Deutsche Post Online Shop. The more cards you send, the more chances you’ll have to win. In March 2025, Paulo will tally the total number of postcards sent and funds raised, and the lucky winners will be randomly selected and announced. Last year, we raised an incredible €12,078.30 for Stiftung Lesen, all thanks to your efforts!
If you’re outside Germany, you’re still an essential part of the campaign. By registering the postcards you receive from Germany quickly, you help senders mail their next cards sooner, keeping the momentum going.
Stiftung Lesen continues to do vital work improving literacy for children, adolescents, and refugee families learning German. Literacy skills can open doors and change lives, and we’re honored to support their mission.
And now, all that is left to do is for us to come together and make the 12th year of this campaign truly special. Whether you’re sending or registering postcards, every small action adds up to something extraordinary!
P.S. Postcrossing respects your privacy and will not share your personal information. Full details of the campaign can be found here (in German).
45 comments so far
Keep them coming Germany....................cheers to a great cause.
With so much troubles happening in some parts of the world, this initiative will definitely help make the world a better place to live in n to live for.........cheers Germany. Keep the postcards coming fast n furious......cheers.
So glad it is happening again!!! Lets keep our fingers crossed that we reach another high score!
I'm already looking forward to it, I even took extra vacation for the first week in December :D
Hi hi wie erkennt den die deutsche Post das ich Postkarten über postcrossing verschicke?
...a very good campaign, I am ready to start...,
So happy it is happening again this year! I hope so much that all my cards will be registered so I can send new ones for this project. So amazing making someone happy does a good deed elsewhere too!
Wow! I wish we had something like that in the US!
i want to know,how the Deutsche Post recognizes Postcrossing Cards
I hope it will be a lot of cards - Deutsche Post raises prices next year so they can pay something back🤑
Congratulations, again, to Deutsche Post!!! I wish others would do the same! :)
@chris2006 and @befeger At the end of the campaign, Postcrossing reports to Deutsche Post how many postcards were sent.
So eine tolle Idee - bitte in Österreich auch durchführen. Hoffe es werden viele Karten geschickt und damit ein hoher Betrag erzielt
I’m in The Blighted US of A , but I was born in Germany and many of the postcards I get are from Germany so I’m feeling very German and proud of this wonderful event for literacy.
DANKE SHON, DEUTSCHLAND🥰
I'm looking forward to it so much, I've released my slots especially so that a lot of writing can be done and others can be helped
Another great reason to send more postcards!! :D
The most wonderful time of the year!
A friendly reminder for our friends outside of Germany- if you visit Germany and send postcards via travel mode during the promotion period, Deutsche Post will donate the €0.10 if it is registered before February 28, 2025. However, Postcrossers who live outside of Germany are not eligible to win the Deutsche Post online shop vouchers.
Very cool!
A very good cause. Deutsche Post. Keep up the good work.
As a thank you, Deutsche Post is increasing the prices for international postcards by 30 cents from 2025 !!!
I totally agree that PostCrossing is fun but it is indeed getting to be an "expensively" fun hobby....especially the postage n yet excluding the cost of postcards.......not forgetting the millions of cards that went missing for whatever reason/s too.....sad but let's continue to communicate n have fun....cheers to all......
Cheers to a great cause!
xoxo
What a great initiative from the German Post Office :)
I'm outside Germany, but from December 1 I'm going to make my account active again so that my address can be given to lots of Germans. And I'm going to register them very quickly after that.
Thanks to Postcrossing for taking part in this great action.
We hope that one day, we will be able to participate in this cause from Germany! Until that happens, we're more than happy to register cards ASAP so the German Postcrossers can send more & more! Keep those funds coming, Germany! :)
This is awesome! I'm looking forward to those German postcards and helping the cause! It would be awesome if we did something similar in the States.
I'm looking forward this month and this campaign.
Keep writing, so we do another high score this year.
Thanks to all who write postcards in this month and all who register it in time.
That's a noble cause! Danke schön Deutschland!
I'm saving my slots for December now. I'm excited!
I think I will wait a few days before sending the next cards :)
Only a few more days.....
I can hardly wait to start the writing marathon and exchange thoughts and Informations with many other users in the German section of the forum.
Come and visit us ➡️ https://community.postcrossing.com/t/talk-postcards-for-a-good-cause-cards-for-literacy-2024/710907
I wish I could elect to receive cards from Germany only for the month of December just to help out the cause! What a wonderful program. I wish the US Postal Service would do things like this.
I hope to contribute as much as I can.
That is a bad move from the Deutsche Post the doing like the are good, but it is bad to do 10cent for a good think and take 30cent for a postcard more from every Custumer!!!
That is really really bad !!!
This is the first time that I participate in that event. Success!
Good luck, Germany! I'm new to Postcrossing but I promise to register any postcards from Germany immediately so it frees up another slot for you to send more.
I only have 13 free slots as some long travler keep the other 5 but I'll do my best to write as much as I can.
Okay, then we'll start the campaign tomorrow. I have 41 slots free. Hopefully my fingers will be up to the challenge. 😉
This is a very meaningful thing
It's here.....keep them cards coming Germany..
Cheers.
Let´s start ;)
And have a wonderful and peaceful christmas time
There we go. My first one goes to Japan.
Hiep Hiep Hoera for Germany.
Right in time before postage increase ;)
It will be the last year with so many German postcards in December .
The porto is in 2025 from old 0,85 Euro rising to new1,25 Euro.
And dont forget 22 % of the populaton here is poor.
Happy Postcrossing.
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