Link ushered in the holiday season last week.
We covered the joint dedication ceremony for the Holiday Joy and Christmas Madonna and Child stamps, held at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, and the dedication of the latest Hannukah stamp, held at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, also in Washington.
“These stamps provide our customers with beautiful images for the holidays and are more than just decorations for their cards and packages — they enable and provide a bridge between families and friends across America,” said Mark Guilfoil, the Postal Service’s supply management vice president, who spoke at the Holiday Joy and Christmas Madonna and Child event.
Link also reported on the start of this year’s USPS Operation Santa program; the Postal Service’s new approach to agreements with companies that group together large volumes of packages for entry into the USPS network; the retirement of Simon Storey, the organization’s human resources vice president; the Postal Service’s announcement that it won’t raise stamp prices in January; and the extension of negotiations on a new labor contract between the Postal Service and the American Postal Worker Union.
Additionally, we told you about Benton, MS, Letter Carrier Chris Broyles, who foiled a bitcoin scam that ensnared a customer, and Grafton, WI, Letter Carrier Michelle Kuenn, who delivered a card a day — for 100 days — leading up to the 100th birthday of customer Bob Charles.
“Bob is a nice guy,” she said. “And I don’t know, it doesn’t take much to make someone else’s day better.”
