The Eugene Moore National Stamp Program

By Mel Gervis, Post 440

The Eugene Moore National Stamp Program was started in 1991, and is designed to uplift the spirits of hospitalized veterans and shut-ins.  JWV members and good citizens collect stamps from local businesses and house of worship, which are then sent onto the National Stamp Program Distribution Chairman, Mel Gervis.  He in turn distributes these stamps to over 40 Veteran Affairs Centers and residences of veterans, who otherwise would not get out.

The stamps are sent out each month to our hospitalized brothers and sisters across the US.  They receive a wonderful assortment of stamps that are used in the occupational and physical therapy.  Through your many hours of postage stamps collecting and cutting, we help our disabled veterans increase their dexterity and using their prosthetic limbs.  Veterans can make beautiful vases, collages, sculptures and so much more with the stamps that you collect.  The real reward is the appreciativeness on our veterans faces – that you took the time to think about them and the amount of effort it takes to organize such an endeavor.  Thank you for giving back for those who have served our country and showing our troops, soldiers and veterans we care and they will not be forgotten.

Volume 71. Number 4. Winter 2017