Ordering checks online has a number of advantages over buying check printing services from your local bank. Buying checks directly from the printer will save you money and give you a much wider selection of artistic designs to choose from. It is fast, simple and secure to order your checks online (and you will help make the country more secure by not wasting gasoline driving to your bank). All of the information you need to reorder your checks is included on your existing checks.

There is a huge variety of designs available to show your love of country or to promote your favorite political cause. Beautiful and inspiring check designs are available for both business and personal use and come in a variety of formats: side tear, top tear, self-duplicating, single check formats, multiple check formats, etc. You can also get matching address labels and checkbook covers for many of the available check designs.

You can buy military checks to let others know that you support our troops or that you or a family member are proudly serving our nation. Military check designs include tributes to each of the branches of the armed forces, or exciting pictures on Hummer checks or checks showing other types of armaments. If you have no military connections, you can show your pride in our country with flag checks or checks to honor the fallen firefighters of 9/11.

If you want to encourage people to participate in our democracy, buy vote checks so they will be reminded every time they receive a payment from you. You can get checks to encourage people to vote, or checks to support your own political party designed with an elephant for Republicans and a donkey for Democrats.

We should all observe the big patriotic holidays — Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day — but we also need to show our love for our country in smaller ways that add up over time to a complete change in how we feel about ourselves as a democracy.