9 Reasons The Postal Service Is Not Obsolete Yet

The Postal Service may no longer deliver letters on Saturdays, but that doesn't mean its services are not important.

In fact, the world would be a sad place without the post office and much of what it does would be sorely missed.

Check out these 9 reasons why the Postal Service is not obsolete yet:

• The Post Office Will Still Deliver Five Days A Week

  Although the post office announced that it would <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/postal-service-saturday-mail_n_2629373.html?utm_hp_ref=business&utm_hp_ref=business">no longer deliver letters on Saturdays</a>, the reality is that it will still be around five days a week.

• The Post Office Manages Childen's Letters To Santa

  For 100 years the post office has<a href="http://about.usps.com/corporate-social-responsibility/letters-to-santa.htm#p=1"> accepted</a> children's letters to Santa Claus. Postal "elves" sort through the hundreds of thousands of letters every year and identify those that express "serious need," according to the USPS website.

• The Post Office Is Often Cheaper Than FedEx And UPS

  Depending on where you want to ship something, you can save <a href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/survey-says-post-office-is-the-way-to-ship-over-fedex-ups/">big bucks </a>by choosing the post office over FedEx or UPS.

• The Post Office Handles Passport Applications

  The post office handled<a href="http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/welcome.htm"> 5.6 million passport applications in 2011</a>, according to its website.

• America's Poorest Communities Still Need The Post Office

  Where Internet access is sparse and people can't rely on email, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/us-usa-usps-idUSTRE81D0M620120214">post offices play an integral role in communication</a>. Close to 80 percent of the post offices that may be closed are in areas where poverty rates are higher than the national average, Reuters reports.

• The Post Office Employs Hundreds Of Thousands Of People

  The Postal Service has <a href="http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/welcome.htm">546,000 career employees</a>, according to its website.

• The Post Office Is Actually Hiring (In Indiana)

  On January 23, the Postal Service started accepting applications for <a href="http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=57626">400 new positions in Indiana</a>.

• People Still Get Excited About New Stamps

  The post office recently honored <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/postal-honors-rosa-parks-stamp-214510436.html">Rosa Parks with a new stamp</a>. Hundreds of people gathered for the big unveiling, according to Yahoo! News.

• The Post Office Promotes Handwriting

  Handwriting used to be <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323530404578203970519252566.html?KEYWORDS=the+lost+art+of+the+handwritten+note">essential to personal improvement</a> and the key to understanding someone, the Wall Street Journal reports. A 1989 study at the University of Virginia discovered that addressing bad handwriting in schools had a positive effect on reading and word recognition skills.

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