{"id":8939,"date":"2012-03-15T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/go-old-school-write-a-letter-yup-pen-and-paper-and-win\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T13:12:07","slug":"go-old-school-write-a-letter-yup-pen-and-paper-and-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/go-old-school-write-a-letter-yup-pen-and-paper-and-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Old School, Write a Letter (Yup \u2013 pen and paper) and Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With just over four months left until the start of the Olympic Games, the heat is on to find South Africa\u2019s best letter writer. Letter writer you may ask? With the theme \u201cwrite a letter to an athlete or sports figure you admire to explain what the Olympics means to you\u201d the SA Post Office is inviting scholars to share their enthusiasm about the Olympic Games with their sporting heroes and compete in the SA Post Office Letter Writing Competition.<\/p>\n

Twenty year old Springbok hockey player and former Junior World Cup champion Nicole Kemp has traded her hockey stick in for pen and paper to endorse the letter writing competition. Kemp who is passionate about sport development is eager to promote sport through literacy. \u201cI am thrilled to be a part of such a positive initiative, I hope that I can encourage other children to take part in the competition and to learn more about our sporting heroes who will very soon be heading off to London for the Olympics,\u201d commented Kemp.<\/p>\n

Kemp has put her voice behind the competition and will be visiting schools in the Eastern Cape region to encourage her peers to take part in the competition in an attempt to increase awareness for sport and promote literacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have Nicole as an ambassador for the letter writing competition, her enthusiasm for sports is encouraging and she is a wonderful role model for other children. Being able to read and write is an essential and fundamental tool in life and we hope that with Nicole\u2019s support we can encourage children to put pen to paper and enter the letter writing competition,\u201d said Angela Abrahams, SA Post Office Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship.<\/p>\n

The South African Post Office (SA Post Office) is inviting scholars up to the age of 15 to take part in the 41st International Letter Writing Competition. The theme for this year\u2019s competition coincides with 2012\u2032s biggest sporting spectacular, the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

The letter writing competition is run annually by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the winning entry from each country competes for the title of \u201cbest letter writer\u201d.<\/p>\n

The SA Post Office has provided additional incentive for young learners to take part in the competition with different prize categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n