The You’ve Got TREE-mail [previously, meiLBOX 5+1 Project] sends out the first 5 letters via Post!

If you are one of my regular visitors, you must know already about the small campaign that I have launched very recently. 🙂 It is You’ve Got TREE-mail (previously, The meiLBOX 5+1 Project) (click here to know more about it) and I continue to humbly appeal for your help in spreading the word around.

Anyway, with hubby in tow, I mailed the first 5 letters that I have written for this campaign, via the Post Office in Cubao (near Cubao Expo) last Friday. I hope that my five friends (the lucky ones?!) who will receive my letters will be surprised and then, upon knowing that they are left with no other choice but to follow the meiLBOX instructions, would be happy to write and mail their five letters and plant their trees, too! 🙂

That day was particularly hot and humid so it was even more challenging to walk the extra mile, as the cliche goes. However, it made the experience more memorable and fun because we literally had to sweat it out! It was also nice to see authentic postal stamps again! The ones that were issued to me (priced at PhP 7.00 per stamp) had an image of a clownfish (or anemonefish) on them. Most likely, you are aware of or have watched the Disney film, Finding Nemo. The cute Nemo in that film is a clownfish.

You might be wondering why a clownfish would appear in a Philippine stamp. I checked the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) website and found out that they issued this stamp and several others in 2010 and 2011, to promote Philippine Marine Biodiversity. You can find more information here and here. I enjoyed browsing the Philpost website as I had also collected stamps when I was in high school and college (I pray that my stamp albums are still in a safe place!). Hubby and I are dog-lovers so we were glad to know that dogs were also featured in Philippine stamps! Here is the link to know more about the stamp series on dogs.

You can paste the campaign stickers on your letter envelopes if you prefer to use snail mail. [Update: I have developed new stickers for the rebranded, You’ve Got TREE-mail! so please email me for the PDF file.] I spent a lot of time in my search for an old Philippine stamp with an image of a tree on it and my efforts were eventually rewarded because I was led to these 1950-issued stamps (priced at 2 and 5 centavos!). They are beautiful stamps featuring Red Lauan trees and issued to commemorate the 15 years of the then Philippine Forest Service (Source: World Forestry in Stamps, FAO, found here). Hopefully, I can still find authentic copies so I can include them in my collection. (Thanks to the owner of this image, Alex Moises with url at https://alexmoises.tripod.com/id262.html as well as to the FAO.)

Before I end this post, I like to invite all of you again to support You’ve Got TREE-mail (previously, The meiLBOX 5+1 Project) and together, let us revive the art of letter-writing, bring smiles to the face of our friends and family members, and plant more trees!

For a greener, cleaner, and happier Mother Earth, let’s count 5+1 now!

P.s. Please visit my other post where I discussed the best tree species for urban areas.

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Mama Earth loves you: To maintain independence, this website is self-funded and this write-up is not a commissioned work. There is no request for donation but if you can plant a tree (or two!) on your birthdays, it will really be awesome and will make Mama Earth very happy! P.s. It’s better if you could join this You’ve Got Tree-mail! Chain.