How You Can Save the USPS (and local art)
Mail an Artifacts of Joy booty sticker with a gift card to a local restaurant.
Personalize a triangle booklet from Lost & Bound Bookarts.
Ship a quarantine care package, complete with a comfy and durable mask from My Bit of Wonder.
Slip a pair of earrings from Spoon and Theory into an envelope.
When it comes to shipping gifts all over Minnesota, there's nothing we depend on more than the United States Postal Service.
Our makers ship out dozens – if not hundreds – of gifts and crafts every week. As small business owners and artisans, every little cost adds up. For our Minneapolis makers, USPS is the cheapest and easiest way to get you the goods. Our makers depend on the Postal Service to support them during the busiest times, like the holiday gift rush that's almost upon us.
That's why recent news about Postal Service funding cuts has us filling up our online cart with stamps. (There are so many fun options!) Frightening budget cuts, such as limiting overtime for workers and removing equipment, are on pause until after the election is over. But our makers still need to ship after November. And what about holiday gifts? We need a fully-funded Postal Service to help entrepreneurs stay afloat. If we want to save local art, we also need to save the USPS.
So here's what you can do: call your congressperson. Then, use those cute stamps you ordered to send a gift to that person you've been missing. Might we suggest the following gift ideas?
Imagine how it feels when you're surprised by an unexpected package in the mail. When you send a local gift, you make someone's day! And you can support local Minneapolis artists and a vital public institution at the same time.