A note is left at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Monday in Newtown, Conn. MARY ALTAFFER/AP Photo
The Newtown Post Office has set up a special mailbox for people who would like to send cards and letters of support to the community of Newtown, Conn., site of Friday's horrific killing, reports the businessnewsdaily.com.
Workers received phone calls all day Monday from people who "want to send their thoughts and prayers in the form of letters, cards, care packages and drawings from their children," reported the website Monday.
"Without specific names and addresses to mail to, many were calling to find out where to send those letters," according to the story written by managing editor Jeanette Mulvey.
On Monday, the Postal Service dedicated a post office box to the town and they're expecting an enormous amount of mail, Maureen Marion, manager of corporate communications for northeast area for the USPS, told the publication.
Marion expects letters from children and schools and encourages people to write letters and cards that "can be saved and reread later," she told the website.
"Because they are written, families and first responders will be able to enjoy them and reread them over and over in a time and place that’s good for them. That's the beauty of our job. We are here to deliver that love," Marion said in the story.
Condolences may be sent to: P.O. Box 3700, Newtown, Connecticut 06470.
All mail to the box will be monitored to make sure families only receive what is appropriate and aren't exposed to anything "a family member doesn't need to see," said Marion.
Twenty-six children and adults were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. The gunman first murdered his mother at their home before taking her guns to school and shooting the victims and himself.
