Daily printout: Aug. 7, 2025

The deadline for Postal Service employees to order T-shirts to promote semipostal stamps is Friday, Aug. 15.

Employees can order special T-shirts, at their own expense, from Tee Luv, a provider of USPS-licensed apparel, using the password USPS2025.

Uniformed employees can wear the licensed semipostal stamp T-shirts during promotional activities, with the head of the facility’s approval, on one business day each week during designated months.

Other employees may wear the T-shirts during work hours, if permitted by the head of the facility. The T-shirts worn should correspond to the semipostal stamp that is being promoted.

Semipostal stamps raise money for associated causes. Each year, USPS sets aside four months to promote these stamps:

• September for the Alzheimer’s stamp;

• October for the Breast Cancer Research stamp;

• November for the Save Vanishing Species stamp; and

• December for the Healing PTSD stamp.

USPS facility leaders and employees can promote semipostal stamps during those months but must follow these rules:

• Raffles and drawings are allowed if everyone can enter for free without having to buy a postal product, the prizes have been donated voluntarily by employees or paid for with authorized postal funds, and the promotions are held for each semipostal stamp.

• Decorations can’t use stamp images, including images of the semipostal stamps being promoted.

• The phrases “Fund the fight. Find a cure,” “#PostalProud” and “Postal Proud” can be used on decorations for Breast Cancer Research stamp activities, as can the Postal Service pink ribbon image, which is available from the USPS ethics team.

• When communicating with the public and news media, employees may only use articles, press releases and marketing materials that have been approved and provided by Corporate Communications, Stamp Services and Marketing.

• Outside organizations can’t distribute materials related to the semipostal stamp’s cause or hold awareness or charitable activities in Post Office lobbies or on postal property.

• USPS employees may not solicit or accept donations from customers.

Employees with questions about semipostal stamp promotional activities should email the USPS Ethics Office.

The Postal Service has released a video about its SpongeBob SquarePants stamps.

The Forever stamps celebrate Nickelodeon’s animated television series of the same name and feature characters from the show. Since its debut in 1999, the series has struck a chord with audiences around the globe.

“SpongeBob is such a powerful force in the world. It kind of infiltrates everything with joy. He kind of sparkles and I think we’re all drawn to that happiness and want that kind of joy and happiness in their life,” Carolyn Lawrence, who voices Sandy Cheeks, says in the video.

The four-minute video also features comments from Rodger Bumpass, the voice of Squidward; Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krabs; Bill Fagerbakke, the voice of Patrick Star; and Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob.

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