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posted (October 10, 2012)
Every year the Belize Postal Service observes World Post Day on October 9, along with every other postal service around the world.

This year there is a week of observances, and today, they decided to give back to the community by handing out food to the needy.

We caught up to them at the Battlefield Park, where they spoke to us on the significance of the old reliable postal service in the age of the electronic everything...

James Gabourel - Deputy Post Master General
"Today the Post Office is out here distributing food to the homeless, and this is all in connection with World Post day. World Post Day is celebrated annually on October 9, however, in connection with that day, the Post Office would have a complete week's activities."

Daniel Ortiz
"So is this something that you guys do every year?"

James Gabourel
"Yes, for the past 5 years, the Post Office has been engaged in celebrating Postal Week. Postal Week comes from World Post Day, which is a day set aside by the Universal Postal Union. The day marks the creation of the said union in 1874, and Belize has been a member of that union since 1982. The theme for this year's World Post Day is "A New Strategy for New World". The theme beconds post offices to look at technology, and to see how best they can capitalize on the advances of technology."

World Post day is part of an entire week of activities that the Belize Postal Services participated in.

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