Posti, the war veteran associations and the Lotta Svärd Foundation are organizing a card campaign for the 10th time.
“The card campaign ends this year, so everyone has one more chance to bring joy to our war veterans and war-time women with card greetings. We want to show how highly they are regarded by Finns for what they did for our independent Finland”, says Sami Määttä, responsible for domestic consumer letter services at Posti.
The card campaign will start on Monday, October 14, and cards can be sent until November 10. Posti will deliver the cards to the veterans and war-time women by Independence Day.
There are about 1,500 veterans remaining in Finland as well as approximately 4,500 war-time women, 430 Lotta women and 2,700 Lotta girls.
The purpose of the campaign is to bring relief to the loneliness of the men and women of our wars, joy to Independence Day and a warm spirit in anticipation of Christmas.
“Even the youngest of our war veterans are nearly 100 years old. Next year in April, 27.4.2025, it will be 80 years since Finnish wars in World War II ended,” says Pia Mikkonen from the Sotiemme Veteraanit I Sotiemme Naiset (Our War Veterans I The Women of our Wars) fundraiser.
"For years, this card campaign has brought a lot of joy to the Independence Day of Lotta women and girls. In this digital age, paper mail has a very special meaning - especially for the elderly. I now encourage everyone to participate and send plenty of cards," says Susan Mykrä from the Lotta Svärd Foundation.
Cards can be sent by private individuals, school classes, communities as well as companies.
You participate in the campaign by writing a greeting on a card. Attach a stamp and send to the campaign address. You can also send several cards at once. Then put the cards in an envelope and attach the number of stamps required by the weight to the envelope. Cards inside the envelope do not need a stamp.
Send the cards no later than 10 November to the address:
Posti Ltd A card for a veteran P.O. Box 7230 FI-00002 HELSINKI, Finland
Mail carriers will deliver the cards to veterans, our war-time women, former Lotta women and girls according to the address information provided by Finland's War Veteran Association (Suomen Sotaveteraaniliitto), the Disabled War Veterans Association of Finland (Sotainvalidien Veljesliitto), Tammenlehvän perinneliitto and the Lotta Svärd Foundation.