U.S. Postal Service Honors Randy Moss

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The United States Postal Service honored New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss with a limited-edition envelope in his home state of West Virginia today. The envelope contains an illustration of Randy, his career and 2007 statistics, a Charleston postmark and a canceled first-class stamp featuring a Patriots helmet. About 500 of the 5,000 envelopes made available to the public were snatched up at $6 apiece at Appalachian District post offices earlier this morning.

Randy is well-known in the community for his love and generosity toward children. He holds autograph sessions every summer and often takes busloads of kids to amusement parks and professional sporting events. He offered an emotional thank you to a crowd of about 250 people during a ceremony at the state Cultural Center, saying in-part:

“I’m not going to (stop) continuing what I set out to do, and that is to better (things) for people here. Not for my good, but for their good to see that there is happiness, that there are better things out there ….. I need the help from people here in this state … when it comes to these kids and trying to show them there is a better way and a better world. Hopefully somebody 20-30 years from now will be sitting up here receiving this same envelope.”

Randy is only the third West Virginia athlete to be honored with the envelope. The others were NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West, a native of Chelyan, and Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, formerly of Fairmont.