Click here any time to return home
Click here to read the privacy policy

earn your pet sitting certificate from Petsittingclass.com
Take an online certificate class in babysitting!
Please Click on a button! :-) Click for cool online classes Click here for PenPals Click for this week's advice columns Click here for today's Diaries and journals Click for this month's features Click here for a Girl's World FunFest! Click here for Entertainment News/Reviews Click here for fun contests!

Welcome to the Sockhop: A Fun Festival of Cool Things to Do and Try

Sockhops' Fun Stuff to Do Archives

Are you involved in a great activity you want other girls to try? Click here to find out how you can submit your "Cool Activity" to "Sock Hop: a Fun Festival of Cool Things to Do and Try!" You just might get your article published in one of our next books!

 

Check back next month for another Cool Activity!

 

Celebrity Mail
How to Reach Your Fav Stars and Get Answers!

Ever wanted to write a letter to a celebrity? You know, fan mail to the Backstreet Boys, a note to Leonardo, give advice to the President? Some girls collect letters from famous people. Here's one writers' tips on how to get letters back from people who are famous.

What to send...

  1. Stand out from the crowd.
    Stars get thousands of letters each day. They often need assistants to help with the mail. What you need to do is make your letter stand out so it gets more attention! Try hand decorating the outside of your envelope with stamps, stickers and use a gold pen to write the address.

  2. Next, have something unique to say!
    Anybody can say, "I'm your biggest fan." Try saying why! Send poems or stories or a little something handmade, like a bookmark.
  3. Share who you are!
    Do you act? Are you great at sports? Tell the celeb a little about yourself (age, hobby, family, school favs)-- what's important to you. Tell them how you connect. What things do you share in common? Include a picture of yourself and your pet, especially sheepdogs like Sockhop! -- (some puppy humor there!)
  4. Be polite.
    If you ask for an autograph, a picture, or a special greeting for your birthday, be sure to say "Please" and "Thank you." Taking time to share with fans is a favor from a star, not something they get paid to do!
  5. K.I.S.S.
    No, don't write on the outside with lipstick, it will smear. "Keep it Short and Simple." Stars get lots of mail and are awfully busy. Keep your letter to one page if possible.

  6. Put your address on the letter
    Envelopes and letters get separated, so be sure your address is on your letter as well as on your envelope.
  7. Include an S.A.S.E.
    If you would like a response, include a "Self Addressed, Stamped Envelope."You know, an empty envelope addressed to you with a stamp on it. If you want a big, signed picture, send an eight and a half by ten envelope with postage on it and your address.

Where to Write?

You can almost always reach somebody famous through the place they work for. Bands have record labels. Writers have publishers. Actors (male or female) work for studios. Athletes play for a particular team. Look on the jacket of the CD, the box of the video or the inner page of a book.

Official websites are also a good place to find addresses. You can find lots of listings by typing in the name of your favorite star at the Yahooligans website. Here are a few addresses I dug up for you from different places. Be sure to write the name of the show and the stars name on the outside of your envelope. And good luck! Collecting letters from celebs is a great hobby.

The Leader of the USA:
President Clinton
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500-0001

 Singers:
The Spice Girls
c/o Virgin Records America
338 N. Foothill Rd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Hoopster/MVP of the WNBA:
Cynthia Cooper
c/o Houston Comets
Two Greenway Plaza, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77046-3865

 Record Breaking Astronaut:
Dr. Shannon Lucid, Ph.D.
c/o External Affairs Office
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 204-2
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Backstreet Boys:
Official Fan Club
c/o The Backstreet Boys Fan Club
P.O. BOX 618203
Orlando, Florida, 32861-8203

 the Stars of Warner Brothers Shows:
Dawsons Creek
Seventh Heaven
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
c/o the Warner Brothers Television Network
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
Sabrina the Teenage Witch:
Home Improvement
Boy Meets World
Teen Angel
c/o ABC-TV
2040 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

 Clueless:
c/o UPN Television Network
11800 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Party of Five:
c/o 20th Century Fox
10201 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035

 Hanson Brothers:
c/o Hitz List
PO BOX 703136
Tulsa, OK 74170
Spooksville author:
Christopher Pike
c/o Pocket Books
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
 Titanic dreamboat:
Leonardo DiCaprio
c/o CAA
9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

So get those pens, pencils and printers warmed up -- and have some fun connecting with celebs!

Special thanks to Anneka,
for sharing Leonardo's address and suggesting this article and Chris for editing it.

 

 

Meet another girl/teen in our club who likes the same cool activity you like! Share tips and ideas. Maybe you'll make a new friend

Choose an Age:
My favorite activity is:
Click here to see a site indexClick here to see a site index Clubhouse | Amy's Room | Geri | Rachel | Tessa | Book Club | Site Map
Since 1996, your space on the web : written and edited by 90 girls and teens from all over the world.
Mission   Feedback   Newsletter   Write FOR us   Contact Us  Advertise
Copyright © 2001 A Girl's World Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.