Concert to raise money for Dyker Heights Military Postage Fund
Proceeds will also be donated to Boys Scouts of America
A project that started at the beginning of the Iraq War to give Brooklyn families the chance to mail letters and packages for free to their loved ones serving in combat is still going strong 11 years later.
The Dyker Heights Military Postage Fund still provides military families with free mailing privileges, according to Fran Vella-Marrone, president of the Dyker Heights Civic Association, the organization that administers the fund. The project operates out of the Dyker Heights Post Office at 8320 13th Ave. Families of military personnel who show ID can go to a special window in the post office and mail their letters and packages at no cost overseas.
“It continues to this day. We still have people fighting for our country and serving all over the world, so we keep the postage fund going,” Vella-Marrone told the Brooklyn Eagle. “It’s something we want to do for the families. It’s our way of doing our part for those families and the military men and women.”