These posted deadlines are the last day our shippers can receive cards for a holiday - please, please try for sooner. We have only a week past these dates to get all cards processed, logged, sorted, and reboxed, so your attempt to get them to the shipper sooner is appreciated. If you are making multiples of a card (10 or more), or a quantity for the holiday (50 or more) aim to have them arrive 2 weeks before the deadlines below. If you'd like a simple way to remember them, download our one-page calendar or a month-by-month version to post on your wall!
NOTE: Updated for 2012!
Dec 31 2011 - Valentines - read note
Feb 1 - St Patricks - read note
Feb 15 - Easter - read note
March 31 - Mother's Day, Graduation - read note
April 30 - Father's Day
May 31 - Independence Day
Aug 31 - Halloween
Sept 30 - Thanksgiving
Oct 10 - Fall
Oct 10 - Christmas that need work
Oct 31 - Christmas, tucked/stamped
Nov 30 - AnyHero Christmas
OWH sends cards for major holidays only. Some units are small enough that the likelihood of someone in need of a very specific ethnic or religious theme is small, and we want to send what they can use most. We always include general, blank, thinking of you cards, and heroes can use those for any occasions we do not include.
If mail times to Afghanistan become lengthened, we reserve the right to make these deadlines a little earlier, so be sure to check in periodically!