A new Postal Service video features highlights from the recent dedication of the Bioluminescent Life stamps. The stamps were dedicated Feb. 22 in Fort Pierce, FL. “It is our hope that these stamps will serve as an important reminder that we still have much to learn from our oceans, aquatic ecosystems and other habitats,” says Chief […]
Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 11. Here are five things to know about the practice of turning back clocks for a few months each year. 1. Benjamin Franklin suggested the concept — as a kind of joke. In 1784, about a decade after Franklin’s tenure as Postmaster General ended, he penned a satirical letter […]
Letter Carrier Paula Drake was worried when she recently noticed mail piling up at a customer’s home in Fords, NJ. Drake looked through a window and spotted the resident unconscious on the floor. She immediately called 911 and remained on the scene until emergency responders arrived and took the customer to a hospital. In recognition […]
“Turning the page,” the article about millennials using catalogs to shop, was very encouraging. I shared the news with my co-workers. […]
Like Postal Service plants across the nation, the St. Louis Network Distribution Center is handling more packages than ever. That means more cardboard, too. Many parcels arrive at the center in large cardboard boxes. Once the boxes are emptied, the center must spend time and money disposing of the cardboard. These costs used to add […]
Things were a little different when Edward Kane began his postal career in 1967. The retail associate used to begin each workday waiting in an alley outside the Rochester, MI, Post Office for a bus to drop that day’s mail for delivery. “There were four to five people sorting mail in the bus who would […]
A new video aims to show Postal Service employees why their work matters. “Liam’s Story” highlights an eight-year-old boy with autism who looks forward to receiving packages of art supplies that his mom, Jeannie Falvey, regularly orders for him. “Everything that we count on [for] his health and well-being … is being shipped to us,” […]
‘Neighborhood’ watch. “Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like,” a special that celebrates the pioneering children’s series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” will air on PBS stations this month. Michael Keaton, who worked as a stagehand on the show during the 1970s, will host the special. Several guests — including Judd Apatow, Whoopi Goldberg, John Lithgow, Yo-Yo Ma, […]
Cleveland Letter Carrier Alfonzo Wilson Jr. is one very dapper gentleman. I hope to have his energy and love for life at 80. Congratulations on 60 years with the Postal Service. […]
Letter Carrier Christopher Bazinet was recently delivering mail in Tampa, FL, when he spotted a motorist in trouble. The woman was sitting in her car, which was stalled alongside a road with black smoke coming out of the windows. Bazinet rushed to the vehicle to make sure the woman realized it was on fire. He […]
The Postal Service hosted events throughout February to mark African-American History Month. Observances included special dedication ceremonies for the Lena Horne stamp, the newest entry in the Black Heritage series. At an event in Indianapolis, Greater Indiana District Manager Todd Hawkins said Horne’s “intellect, spirit and unrelenting pursuit of justice, righteousness and fairness are what […]
The Postal Service’s latest U.S. Flag stamp continues a tradition that began more than a century ago. Here are five facts about flag stamps. 1. The first U.S. stamp to feature a flag was issued in 1869. The 30-cent stamp — which featured two flags, an eagle and a shield — was one of several […]
A recent USPS video explains how businesses can use Informed Delivery interactive campaigns and direct mail to attract new customers. The video, “Your New Business,” shows a customer interacting with a company’s mailpiece in multiple ways. First, the customer sees a digital preview of the mailpiece through her Informed Delivery email digest. She clicks on […]
The Postal Service is rolling out upgraded credit card payment technology to help guard against fraud. The card readers at Post Office retail counters will now process the EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chips on debit and credit cards. The card readers are also equipped with encryption technology to better protect customers’ personal account information. […]
Corrine Slater, a mail processing clerk at the Phoenix Processing and Distribution Center, recently saved a co-worker’s life. Slater was in the break room when the man started choking on a piece of food. She rushed to her colleague’s aid and performed the Heimlich maneuver on him. The procedure dislodged the obstruction and he was […]
I consider it a miracle that Sterling Heights, MI, City Carrier Assistant Elias Naseem, who speaks Arabic and four other languages, was there to save the 9-month-old baby of a woman who spoke only Arabic. […]
A Valdosta, GA, man is making headlines for the endearing way he communicates with his four children. Every day, David Lasseter drops postcards in the mail for each of them — sending an estimated 20,000 cards during the past 20 years, the “CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor” reported this month. It began in 1995 […]
The Postal Service is mailing every employee a personal benefits statement that details his or her overall compensation package. When you receive your statement, USPS wants you to pay close attention to these three sections: • What you paid for in 2017 for health benefits. Many employees pay for more health insurance than they need, […]
Doyle Keith knows how to help employees feel like their jobs matter. “Our mission is to serve the American public. Every employee, regardless of position, has a vital purpose in that service,” says Keith, Post Office operations manager in Eastern Area’s Kentuckiana District. USPS leaders say this approach to managing can help the organization become […]
Postal Service employees helped raise awareness of heart disease throughout February, which is American Heart Month. Some facilities hosted health fairs where employees received diet and exercise tips, blood pressure screenings and more. The Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center went a step further, offering employees bottled water and fruit and encouraging them to share […]
Flag notice. President Trump has ordered flags flown at half-staff Friday, March 2, to honor the late Rev. Billy Graham, who will be interred that day in Charlotte, NC. Graham died last week. Flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset March 2. To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak […]
Rural Carrier Mary Blair was recently delivering mail in New Bethlehem, PA, when she spotted a single-car accident. Blair stopped to assist the lone victim, a 21-year-old woman who was crawling out of the overturned vehicle and bleeding. The Postal Service employee called 911 and urged the woman — who was on her way to […]
I smiled as I read “Write for each other,” the story of how mail helped sustain the courtship between Augie Ruiz, a Navy veteran and USPS employee, and his wife, Mary. As Augie said, it was “a captain’s log of the heart” entrusted to the Postal Service’s care. […]
Things were different when Alfonzo Wilson Jr. began delivering mail in 1958. The 80-year-old Cleveland letter carrier, who recently celebrated 60 years on the job, didn’t have a delivery vehicle in the beginning and used a city bus to get to his route. “An employee in a truck would place our mail in brown mailboxes […]
Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett discusses the Postal Service’s latest financial numbers in a new “Dollars and Change” video. During fiscal 2018’s first quarter (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2017), USPS posted total revenue of $19.2 billion and controllable income of $353 million. Controllable income describes net income or net loss that is adjusted for items outside […]
A couple who made headlines recently after receiving a second honeymoon through a letter-writing campaign appeared last week on Steve Harvey’s TV talk show. Gilbert and Grace Caldwell, who were turned away from a resort in Poconos, PA, 60 years ago because they are African-American, were guests on the Feb. 13 episode of “Steve.” Joining […]
If you think you know everything about Lena Horne, think again. Here are six facts about the subject of the Postal Service’s latest Black Heritage stamp. 1. Horne began her career as a dancer at Harlem’s Cotton Club. She later became a featured vocalist with traveling orchestras but stopped touring due to the rampant racial […]
Take five. Angela Bradley, a Great Lakes Area senior field account manager, is the latest employee to receive a complimentary registration for this year’s National Postal Forum. Bradley earned the registration by recruiting five new customers to attend the event, which will be held in San Antonio from May 6-9. Bradley said she persuaded the customers […]
Postal Service employees delivering mail in Ohio and California recently took extra steps out of concern for their customers. Bedford, OH, Letter Carrier Nydra Levett contacted police when she noticed that mail was piling up at a woman’s home. Responding officers discovered that the customer was deceased, with her dog by her side. The animal […]
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Semper fi to Gilbert Segovia, the Los Angeles letter carrier and former Marine, for his acts of bravery while under fire at the Las Vegas concert last fall. His willingness to help others, even after being injured in the process, is a testament to his humanity. […]