Tuesday, July 30, 2024
A low-key ceremony for low-denomination stamps
USPS held a special event for the new releases in Berkeley, CA
The Postal Service held a special dedication ceremony for its Low Denomination Flowers stamps July 18 in Berkeley, CA.
The collection consists of five stamps:
• One-cent Fringed Tulip, featuring one purple fringed tulip;
• Two-cent Daffodils, featuring two yellow daffodil blossoms;
• Three-cent Peonies, featuring three red peonies;
• Five-cent Red Tulips, featuring five red tulip blossoms;
• 10-cent Poppies and Coneflowers, featuring an array of 10 blossoms — six white poppies and four purple coneflowers — with a touch of greenery.
Ethel Kessler, an art director for the Postal Service, designed the stamps using images by Harold Davis, who spoke at the ceremony at the Berkeley Post Office.
Other speakers were Berkeley Postmaster Katrina Scott and Mario Harris, Post Office operations managers for California 2 District.
Each Low Denomination Flowers stamp is available in panes of 20 and coils of 10,000 at Post Offices and usps.com.
On the Job
Helping hand
The EAP administrator ensures employees get the support they need
My name is Susan Wozniak and I’m the administrator for the USPS Employee Assistance Program, also known as EAP.
We provide employees with access to licensed professionals for counseling, support, therapy, coaching and more.
I’ve been with the Postal Service for six years — which kind of makes me a baby here. I started in supply management for the medical team, which is responsible for handling the EAP contract. I moved from working the legal, contractual aspect of EAP to running the program itself.
A big part of the job is making sure employees have access to mental health services that allow them to perform their jobs. The Postal Service is so large. We’ve responded to earthquakes, fires — basically anything can happen in our organization. And our people need support.
There are other tragedies, too — we supported employees after recent acts of violence, for example, and I had somebody call me because her child committed suicide. “I’m struggling,” she said, and I was able to say, “Let’s get you some help.”
EAP also helps employees become the best versions of themselves they choose to be. Some people might be in counseling for stress; others might simply want coaching to lose that last 5 pounds.
I would like more people to know what we have to offer. I’ve had 40-year employees say, “I didn’t know those services were available to me.” We recently launched 30-minute online orientation sessions — they run the first Friday of every month — to help people find out more.
When I’m not working, you might find me tackling improvements in my home outside of Denver, where I live with my two pandemic rescue kittens, Lila and Ruth. You also might find me driving my Corvette — I even belong to a Corvette club.
“On the Job,” a column on individual employees and their contributions to the Postal Service, appears regularly in Link.
August 6, 2024
Datebook
‘Project Management’
Postal Service employees may participate in an upcoming webinar on how to successfully and efficiently manage projects in the workplace.
The “Project Management” session will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.
Representatives from DeVry University will lead the webinar.
Participants must register before the event on the webinar website.
Participation is voluntary. Nonexempt employees must be off the clock or on authorized breaks.
Employees with questions can email the USPS Benefits and Wellness team.