Danville Area Community Center Little Red Mailbox [Video]

DANVILLE, Pa. — When you walk into the Danville Area Community Center, the bright red mailbox alongside a comfy chair is hard to miss.

It’s the Little Red Mailbox, part of a national movement that was started in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, by a woman who lost her mother to cancer.

“Inside is a journal, and people just, on their way to the beach, just give their thoughts—whether they’re having a good day or a bad day; some people write jokes,” said Josette Zielinski, a lifeguard at the Danville Area Community Center.

Zielinski recently installed the Little Red Mailbox here in memory of her son Joe, who died in November 2008.

“When I got the idea, I decided then to decorate this mailbox with all the things that he loved,” …