Time is running out to achieve the ambitious Mail Call: Letters From Home goal set at the beginning of this month to collect 1,000 letters and notes for our deployed service members.
During this month-long challenge — an initiative of Wreaths Across America Webster — community members have been encouraged to stop by one of a dozen businesses throughout Webster which are hosting mailboxes (like the one above at the Webster Recreation Center) and fill out a card with a simple message of thanks, or we’re thinking of you, or we’re proud of you. The messages will then be sent overseas this June inside care packages prepared by the Blue Star Mothers of Rochester. It’s a simple way to spread some joy to our local service members stationed abroad.
The community has already been very supportive (thank you!) and the mail boxes are beginning to fill up. But many more cards need to be written if we want to achieve that ambitious goal. Think about maybe doing some at home as a family project, or as a class project in school. Or maybe ask your church group to make cards. Let’s get everyone involved!
When you’re ready to drop them off, you’ll find mailboxes at these locations:
- American Legion Cottreall-Warner Post 942: 818 Ridge Rd (back entrance).
- Jersey Mike’s Subs: 975 Ridge Rd.
- KeyBank: 1848 Empire Blvd.
- KeyBank: 980 Ridge Rd.
- Lowes Home Improvement: 900 Five Mile Line Rd.
- M.O. Pasta: 5 E. Main St.
- Lala of Webster: 38 E. Main St.
- Village Quilt Shoppe: 21 E. Main St.
- Webster Recreation Center: 1350 Chiyoda Dr.
- Webster Town Hall: 1000 Ridge Rd.
- Kittelberger Florist: 263 North Ave.
- The North Bee: 27 North Ave.
And if you’ve asked yourself whether this project is worth the effort, consider this story: One service member said he kept a young student’s card in his backpack throughout deployment. “Whenever I was scared, and didn’t feel like I could go on,” he said, “I’d take out that crayoned card, and knew someone was thinking of me.” You can imagine the joy we can all spread with 1,000 cards and letters. THAT’s what the Mail Call challenge is all about.
Messages will be collected through the end of April, so please stop by a mailbox soon and spend a moment to brighten a service member’s day.
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(posted 4/21/2026)
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