Happy 4th of July. Burns Mailing & Printing will be closed Monday July 5th so that our employees can celebrate with their families. Be safe and enjoy time with your family.

This weekend my daughter Joy Burns Day was visiting and she wanted to drive around Karns, her old stomping grounds, to see what was happening. She took these two pictures on our drive. If you live in Karns or went to school there you know that painting the underpass is a rite of passage for Karns High School students. Joy did a little painting on the underpass in her day. Some say that the underpass is only being held up by the layers upon layers on paint that the high school students have painted over many years. I know they were painting the underpass when I was at Karns High School and this October I will be attending my 60th class reunion. In fact, I may use these pictures for the cover of our class directory.

Here are the proposed rate increases from the USPS;

The proposed Mailing Services price changes include:

Product	Current Prices	Planned Prices
Letters (1 oz.)	55 cents	58 cents
Letters additional ounce(s)	20 cents	20 cents (unchanged)
Letters (metered 1 oz.)	51 cents	53 cents
Domestic Postcards	36 cents	40 cents
Flats (1 oz.) Outbound International Letters  (1 oz.)	$1.00 $1.20	$1.16 $1.30

Kate, my youngest grandchild just graduated from middle school. I know everybody says this, but she has grown up so fast. It is hard to believe that she will be a freshman in high school this fall. After graduation, we had lunch and then two of her friends joined her and we all went to the lake. Three 13 year olds was quite a blast.

Amy credits my late husband, Ken Burns, for her interest in photography. Ken loved photography and over the years I had bought him some pretty sophisticated cameras. Amy and Ken would have conversations about the technical aspects of photography. She took this particular photograph with her I-Phone. The cameras are so good on the I Phones now that most people don’t even take a camera when they are vacationing. I know that I don’t. I always have my I Phone with me. My photographs are no where near the level of Ken or Amy but I enjoy taking pictures when I am traveling and of family.

Summer will be here soon and Lincoln will once again be visiting me and Burns Mailing & Printing. Lincoln loves being here with us at Burns. He comes in and greets everyone and gets hugs and pets and then he gets under my desk until time to go outside or get a drink.

According to an article I read recently, 87% of Americans are expected to donate to non-profit organizations in 2021. 19% plan to give more in 2021. Just think about what life here would be like with out non-profit organizations. There would be no animal shelters, no one serving the homeless, no one helping build homes for those who can’t afford them. The list goes on and on. At Burns Mailing & Printing, we serve many non-profit organizations from volunteer fire departments to rescue ministries. The work that they do amazes me and makes me grateful to be able to serve them.

When you get an appeal from your local non-profit organizations, please consider giving to a cause that speaks to your heart. If you can’t give right away, then save that envelope and consider giving at a later date. The world is a better place because of non-profit organizations.

Now that things are opening up a bit following the worst of the pandemic, folks are starting to think about events, especially our non-profit customers. Events are a big part of their fundraising efforts. I just got an email today that one of my favorite non-profit organizations is having a golf tournament in August.

If you are thinking about having an event for your organization or just need some really cool items to give away with your corporate name, we have just the thing for you. Our website has 800,000 items on it but you don’t have to look through all that, you just have to call our promotional products representative, Suzanne McCarter and she will help you find just the right item.865 584-2265 or suzanne@burnsmp.com.