The Mailroom


Our volunteer shippers are here and ready to serve! They spend countless hours processing mail, and appreciate packages that follow guidelines. 

 You may send cards or AnyHero mail to any shipper, but we request that anyone east of the Mississipi River send to Kansas, and west of the river send to Washington. Watch the video below for the full explanation. You can help our dedicated shippers in a few targeted ways that will save them time and help them plan for their shipments:

  • Check the guidelines and make sure your cards won’t spend time in the card hospital. We now ask you to send in envelopes with cards properly tucked – thank you! Download this updated guidelines brochure for info on doing “the tuck.”
  • Email your shipper to let them know what’s on the way (beating the posted deadlines is a bonus!).
  • See the needs listed below if you’d like to match your cards up with a need. Anytime cards can go to any shipper at any time, though. These are just suggestions.
  • Please be sure to enclose a completed Packing Slip with card count and contact info.

Download packing slip .

Sandy Allnock, has been mailing cards since 2007 and handles cards created west of the Mississippi River. Operation Write Home
35205 13th Pl SW
Federal Way, WA 98023 sandy@operationwritehome.org Card needs for May: Anyhero mail and a little of everything, please – include some love, missing you, and birthday cards. 
Kris Allan handles cards created east of the Mississippi River, and she has been an OWH shipper since 2008.
Operation Write Home
12152 S Summit Street
Olathe, KS 66062 kris@operationwritehome.org Card needs for May: I need love, thank you,  andmiss you.

IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR SHIPPING! If you missed the notice last year, we now have two shippers, not three. Read below for their regions:Caro Hopkins ended service as a shipper Dec 31, 2012. (Thank you Caro!!) East coast: Please send your cards to Kris in Kansas.