A collaborative youth mural series unveiled recently at Philadelphia City Hall includes a colorful tribute to USPS employees.
The mural depicts a narrow shop-lined street with an LLV at the end and the message, “In snow, rain or delay, the Postal Service finds their way.”
The series focuses on the people who keep the city running and was a project of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Career Connected Learning summer program.
At the start of the project, Paul Smith, a USPS communications specialist, spoke to the young artists, who ranged in age from 14 to 18, on the Postal Service’s history.
One student told Smith, “I never had a bad interaction with anyone in the Postal Service. They do their job!”
“We’re focusing on the Philly aspect of it but it’s so much larger than that,” said Tim Haigh, a Mural Arts teaching artist. “The Postal Service is like the connective tissue for the fabric of society.”
A first
Charleston, SC, recently welcomed its first female postmaster: Shannon Verastequi, who took the oath during a special ceremony.
“It’s truly an honor I never expected to be forging history here,” said Verastequi, a 20-year USPS veteran who previously served as a Post Office operations manager.
Driving home safety
Local students recently put a spotlight on driver’s safety during a demonstration with Postal Service employees in Ellensburg, WA, a city of about 20,000 residents.
Wearing orange T-shirts, the students played the role of traffic cones, lining up single file behind an LLV.
Employees reported that only four of the 17 children furthest from the LLV could be seen in the mirrors from the driver’s seat.
“This visual really drives home the importance of safe driving,” said Scott Christiansen, the local postmaster. “We as leaders in the Postal Service must drive home safety and service with our teams.”
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