{"id":9012,"date":"2022-12-14T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2022-12-14T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:50:38","slug":"santas-helpers-needed-for-usps-program-to-adopt-kids-holiday-wish-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9012","title":{"rendered":"Santa&#8217;s Helpers Needed for USPS Program to Adopt Kids&#8217; Holiday Wish Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Ireland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/life\/2022\/12\/12\/santas-helpers-needed-for-usps-program-to-adopt-kids-holiday-wish-letters\/\">The original story can be read here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Backers of a U.S. Postal Service program aimed at recruiting volunteers to adopt children&#8217;s letters to Santa Claus and help fulfill their holiday wishes put out another call for participants Monday, saying there&#8217;s still one week left to help brighten a child&#8217;s holiday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Operation Santa&#8221; program organizers note that many of the children&#8217;s letters to Santa &#8211; which are selected by USPS workers &#8211; only ask for items such as a coat, shoes or food.<\/p>\n<p>Other letters are often from parents who are struggling to provide gifts for their children, asking for donations of clothing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s micro-philanthropy, direct from each volunteer to a child,&#8221; Patrick Reynolds, who leads the charitable support group Be An Elf, said in a statement. &#8220;People catch the true spirit of the holidays and put smiles on the faces of needy kids on Christmas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A 2020 documentary called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dearsanta.movie\/\">Dear Santa<\/a>\u201d shines a light on the 100-year-0ld USPS program.<\/p>\n<p>People interested in volunteering can visit USPSoperationSanta.com through Dec. 19 to adopt a letter posted on the site. 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Additional program information is also available at <a href=\"https:\/\/beanelf.org\/\">beanelf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo via @Howtobeanelf Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Ireland The original story can be read here Backers of a U.S. Postal Service program aimed at recruiting volunteers to adopt children&#8217;s letters to Santa Claus and help fulfill their holiday wishes put out another call for participants Monday, saying there&#8217;s still one week left to help brighten a child&#8217;s holiday. &#8220;Operation Santa&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Santa&#039;s Helpers Needed for USPS Program to Adopt Kids&#039; 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