Coconut Creek SSA Team Supports Breast Cancer Awareness, Stamps

Promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp sales, from left, Coconut Creek Branch Sales and Services Associates Rosario Sierra, Aysun Turkmen and Maria Jones.

 

These 65-cent self-adhesive semi-postal stamps are available year-round in sheets of 20 to help raise funds for breast cancer research. Each stamp is equal to the First-Class Mail one-ounce postage rate in effect at the time of purchase.

 

The amount the Postal Service contributes to breast cancer research is determined by the difference between the 65-cent purchase price and the First-Class Mail rate in effect at the time of purchase, minus any costs incurred by USPS. The distribution of the Postal Service contribution is specified by law, with 70 percent given to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent given to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.  More than 1 billion stamps have been sold since its inception in 1998, raising more than $87.8 million for breast cancer research.

 

Photo: Eddie Floyd, Jr.