THE SCOUTS will deliver festive cheer in Melksham this Christmas, as they have now set up special postboxes to help deliver your Christmas cards and greetings around town.
Following on from the success of last year’s total of 2,200 letters posted, Melksham Scout Group will be again running their own Christmas post service.
All you have to do is write the address, clearly, on the envelope and drop it into one of the special postboxes that are in shops all across the town. The Scouts will help deliver your festive cards to any address within the Melksham, Bowerhill or Berryfield areas.
There is no need to attach a stamp but you are asked to donate 20p per card – that’s less than half the price of a second class stamp. The last posting date is Thursday 17th December. You can find a Scouts’ postbox at the following Melksham locations; Art House Café, Tops Hair Salon, Scissors Hairdressers, Cobblers Bench, Tourist Information Centre, Hairtek, Card and News Centre, and the Scout Hut near Waitrose.
If you are not sure of the address on the front of the envelope, please put a return address on the back.
Claire Neal, group Scout leader said, “The children love delivering the post and we always have lovely comments from people when they’ve received their post. It’s brilliant for the community and also helps the elderly who can’t perhaps get around to post their own Christmas greetings.”
