Employees at the Los Feliz, CA, Station are putting a new emphasis on safety.
Managers at the station, part of a Los Angeles neighborhood, recently invited local police detectives and firefighters to deliver presentations to employees, part of a fresh approach to workplace safety education.
Kathrine Kasilag, a USPS occupational health nurse administrator, also gave a talk on ergonomics.
The presentations were a hit with employees, who said they appreciated hearing from the experts.
“Nurse Katherine was a huge help and put a lot of things into perspective,” said Manbir Sumra, a city carrier assistant and safety ambassador.
“It made sense to make sure our posture is right and show us all the stress management tools and what we can do to prevent that because some people have driving routes — they have to get in and out. Some people are walking all the time, so it really helps them out.”
Quietly promoting USPS
It was a dark and snowy night, but two USPS employees didn’t let the February cold keep them from their self-appointed off-the-clock rounds in East Grand Rapids, MI.
For the past two years, Letter Carrier Michelle Nicholas and Eastown Station Manager Jordan Blanchard have visited with local elementary school children to share their love of the Postal Service.
This particular event was held at a library, where they read storybooks and taught children how to write and address letters.
Nicholas found the evening “rewarding,” and Blanchard was enthusiastic, too.
“The best part was the kids and their parents sending mail to loved ones,” Blanchard said, adding that the library purchased stamps and provided envelopes for the children to send valentines to parents and grandparents.
A ‘delightful’ surprise
In 2022, Kevin Luhman, a Penn State University professor of astronomy and astrophysics, took images of a nebula — a giant cloud of gas and dust in space where stars often form — in the Perseus constellation.
Three years later, that image graces the Postal Service’s new Star Cluster Priority Express Mail stamp.
Luhman told Penn State’s news website this month that he was “delighted” when he learned USPS would feature his image on a stamp.
“It’s not something that happens every day,” he said.
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