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While this year’s Deutsche Post & Postcrossing’s Postcards for a good cause campaign is still ongoing and looking good, the result of last year’s drive has just been delivered!

If you remember, during the 2013 campaign German postcrossers sent 78450 postcards, raising a total of 7845 euros… which Deutsche Post now kindly rounded up to 10000 euros!

This week, on a ceremony which took place in a kindergarten near Deutsche Post’s headquarters in Bonn, the check was handed over to Stiftung Lesen and immediately put to work on a two-day reading tutor training program. The program will prepare 50 “reading godfathers”, who will then visit schools, kindergartens, youth and family centers, libraries and retirement homes to read and help get everyone excited about reading.

Great job, everyone — we’re really proud of your commitment! This year, we’ll do our best to get other postal operators involved on the December campaign as well, so that together, we can do even more for this and other worthy causes! :)

Once again, Postcrossing is dressing up for the holidays, and in the spirit of the season, we’re partnering up once more with Deutsche Post to make your postcards work for a good cause! Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, we’re proud to announce that…

Doesn’t that sound nice? If you’re in Germany, all you have to do is keep sending postcards! If your December postcards are registered before the end of February 2015, you’ll be contributing to this cause.

And though 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 as well!

To make things even more interesting, there will also be some nice prizes for the participants:

• One lovely postcard-storage box.
• 3 messenger bags with Deutsche Post’s logo.
• 20 custom-designed stamp sheets, each including 15 international postage stamps with Postcrossing’s logo.
• 20 bus vouchers for the Postbus service, valid on any trip on their network.

The winners will be picked up by Paulo's random number generator in early March 2015, when we will also announce the value raised by the German postcrossers to Stiftung Lesen here on the blog. Last year, a very impressive total of 7845 euros were raised… can we do the same this year?

Stiftung Lesen is a German non-profit organization, working to increase literacy – especially among children and adolescents. They promote reading through several different activities, such as the “My first letter” contest.

So… what are you waiting for? If you’re in Germany, grab a pen and your stack of postcards and stamps, and start writing! The more cards you send, the more you’ll contribute to this cause – and the more chances you’ll have of winning a nice prize! :)

PS – As always, we respect your private information and will not share it with any company without your express permission. The full details of this campaign can be read here (German only).

This is a very exciting day: it’s the day we finally reveal to you exactly how many postcards the German postcrossers sent last December … and therefore, how much money they raised on the “Postcards for a good cause” campaign!

Are you ready? Think of a number and then scroll down to find out!

Postcrossers in Germany sent 78450 postcards during December, raising a neat total of 7845 euros for Stiftung Lesen! Hurray! :D

Usually December is a slower month in the project, with many people choosing to send their holiday cards instead… but the Germans had none of that and sent a lot of Postcrossing postcards too! And of course, if you’ve registered a card from Germany sent during December, you were also part of this effort! :)

So congratulations to all the postcrossers and a big thank you to Deutsche Post, for making this possible! What an amazing achievement, we couldn’t be more proud of this community!

We’re still sorting out the prizes and will be in touch with the winners via email later this month.

Notice something different? Postcrossing has donned its winter theme and is ready for the holidays! This is the season for generosity, and this year we’re really excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Deutsche Post to make your postcards be part of a good cause. Here’s the deal:

So that’s it, really simple! If you’re in Germany, all you have to do is keep sending postcards! If your December postcards are registered before the end of February 2014, you’ll be contributing to this cause.

And though 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 as well!

To make things even more interesting, there will also be some nice prizes for the participants:

• 50 bus tickets for the new Postbus service, valid on any trip on their network.
• 20 custom-designed stamp sheets, each including 15 international postage stamps with Postcrossing’s logo;

The winners will be picked up by Paulo's random number generator in early March 2014, when we will also announce the value raised by the German postcrossers to Stiftung Lesen here in the blog.

Stiftung Lesen is a German non-profit organization, working to increase literacy – especially among children and adolescents. They promote reading through several different activities, such as the “My first letter” contest.

So… what are you waiting for? If you are in Germany, grab a pen and your stack of postcards and stamps, and start writing! The more cards you send, the more you’ll contribute to this cause – and the more chances you’ll have of winning a prize! :)

PS – As always, we respect your private information and will not share it with any company without your express permission. The full details of this campaign can be read here (German only).