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Getting your passport and traveling abroad enables you to do something great for yourself, your country and the world. Here are some ideas of how you can get involved on an individual level, or as an organization or company.

Individual Involvement
  • Email, write or call the White House and ask the President to proclaim September National Passport Month
  • Encourage friends and family members to write letters
  • Write your local Congressional representative
  • Get your passport and use it!
Contacting the White House

Mailing Address:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Phone Numbers:
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
TTY/TTD Comments: 202-456-6213

E-mail:
White House: comments@whitehouse.gov
Vice-President Cheney: vice_president@whitehouse.gov

Say It Your Way or Use This Letter:

I'm writing to request the President follow the lead of Congress in issuing a proclamation naming September National Passport Month.

The purpose of National Passport Month is to create a time to educate the public about the incredible opportunities available to those who obtain and use passports as well as the positive impact international travel has on individuals and the critical role it can play in fostering greater understanding, goodwill and peace throughout the world.

Over 50 organizations support this effort and thousands of people across the nation have signed petitions requesting this proclamation. Moreover, the State Department also supports making September the first annual National Passport Month.

Please convey to the President my support for proclaiming National Passport Month in time to launch educational and national awareness campaigns this September.


Organization/Corporate Involvement
  • If you are hosting a travel related event, request our free Passport Event in a Box and help spread the word about National Passport Month.

    Materials (with suggested quantities) include:

    • Leave t-shirts (2)
    • Leave bumper stickers (100)
    • Don't Let the World Pass You By! 52 Reasons to Have a Passport books (5-10)
    • Inflatable world globes (5)
    • Limited edition '52 Reasons' playing cards (5)
    • Shoelaces (50)
    • Postcards (50)
    • Copy of the National Passport Month resolution (1)

    Please note that these quantities may be adjusted if appropriate and while supplies last. For more information or to request a box for your event, please contact: Vivian Shin, Vivian.Shin@lonelyplanet.com, 510.893.8556 x119. Please allow a minimum of two weeks for processing and delivery.

  • If your company or organization would like to endorse this initiative, please send an email to passport@lonelyplanet.com stating that you endorse National Passport Month. Sign your endorsement with your name and the name of your organization as you would like it listed
  • Encourage your employees to contact the White House (see how above). You can also obtain PDF copies of petition forms upon request by contacting passport@lonelyplanet.com
  • Encourage your Mayor, Congressional representative and Senator to support National Passport Month
  • Encourage your employees to get a passport and travel

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"I think National Passport Month is a much-needed and timely effort. As someone who didn't own a passport or leave the country until he was 25, I know what a mind-expanding experience international travel can be."
Dave Eggers -- Author; Editor, McSweeney's; Founder, 826 Valencia