[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2008) - The popular Mail from Home program instituted by Mail Terminal Services in 2007 as part of the company's support of the Vavoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driven by Jack Beckman reached 100,000 cards as of this weekend, surpassing last year's 90,000 mark.
The Mail from Home program allows fans and competitors an opportunity to sign unique cards in the Don Schumacher Racing hospitality area and at a kiosk within the U.S. Army Racing Zone at NHRA national events with messages to the U.S. troops overseas, which are then distributed free to war-zone camps by MTS.
To help exceed last year's total, Mail Terminal Services held a competition among its 17 terminals around the U.S. to collect the highest number of cards. The Minneapolis terminal was determined the winner after the Richmond, Va., NHRA event and received the privilege of sending two representatives to the 2008 Las Vegas event for a four-day working vacation on MTS. They manned the U.S. Army kiosk and watched the races, and were treated to a stay at a casino hotel and a show.
"As far as reaching our goal, MTS has been very, very successful in all of the races in beating last year's records on cards," said Rodger Comstock, president and CEO of Mail Terminal Services. "At the last race in Vegas we had the team from our Minneapolis terminal at the event. In Brainerd this year, the Minneapolis terminal had the highest card count for a single day of 2000 and exceeded 5000 for a weekend.
"This weekend in Pomona, we have the manager and his wife from our military terminal in Newark, N.J. That is the terminal that not only collects the cards during the year but actually sends them overseas. Each of our terminals has been higher in its productivity in producing the cards, but, looking at the overall picture and the support that the U.S. Army has given us in their kiosk and allowing us to have cards filled out there, along with the Schumacher hospitality area, has really pushed us over the top to set that record.
"We owe a debt of appreciation to the Army, to the whole U.S. Army race team, its sports marketing agency Momentum, and also to all of the MTS people who have worked so hard this year. It's a tribute to all of the 1200 employees around the country who have been very successful at collecting the cards."
"We at Don Schumacher Racing are privileged to be a part of this wonderful program that Mail Terminal Services has introduced to our team and NHRA," said team owner Don Schumacher. "We heartily support MTS's efforts in this extremely rewarding endeavor."
Mail Terminal Services is a business-to-business mail sorting and forwarding company, which has strategic partnerships with the U.S. Postal Service and Globalmail. Led by president and CEO Rodger Comstock, MTS is headquartered in Weston, Fla., and operates 17 terminals throughout the United States.
The Mail from Home program allows fans and competitors an opportunity to sign unique cards in the Don Schumacher Racing hospitality area and at a kiosk within the U.S. Army Racing Zone at NHRA national events with messages to the U.S. troops overseas, which are then distributed free to war-zone camps by MTS.
To help exceed last year's total, Mail Terminal Services held a competition among its 17 terminals around the U.S. to collect the highest number of cards. The Minneapolis terminal was determined the winner after the Richmond, Va., NHRA event and received the privilege of sending two representatives to the 2008 Las Vegas event for a four-day working vacation on MTS. They manned the U.S. Army kiosk and watched the races, and were treated to a stay at a casino hotel and a show.
"As far as reaching our goal, MTS has been very, very successful in all of the races in beating last year's records on cards," said Rodger Comstock, president and CEO of Mail Terminal Services. "At the last race in Vegas we had the team from our Minneapolis terminal at the event. In Brainerd this year, the Minneapolis terminal had the highest card count for a single day of 2000 and exceeded 5000 for a weekend.
"This weekend in Pomona, we have the manager and his wife from our military terminal in Newark, N.J. That is the terminal that not only collects the cards during the year but actually sends them overseas. Each of our terminals has been higher in its productivity in producing the cards, but, looking at the overall picture and the support that the U.S. Army has given us in their kiosk and allowing us to have cards filled out there, along with the Schumacher hospitality area, has really pushed us over the top to set that record.
"We owe a debt of appreciation to the Army, to the whole U.S. Army race team, its sports marketing agency Momentum, and also to all of the MTS people who have worked so hard this year. It's a tribute to all of the 1200 employees around the country who have been very successful at collecting the cards."
"We at Don Schumacher Racing are privileged to be a part of this wonderful program that Mail Terminal Services has introduced to our team and NHRA," said team owner Don Schumacher. "We heartily support MTS's efforts in this extremely rewarding endeavor."
Mail Terminal Services is a business-to-business mail sorting and forwarding company, which has strategic partnerships with the U.S. Postal Service and Globalmail. Led by president and CEO Rodger Comstock, MTS is headquartered in Weston, Fla., and operates 17 terminals throughout the United States.
