After 44 years of service, James R. Bailey retired from the Azalea Post Office in Tyler, Texas. Continue reading
Postal worker retires after 44 years of service
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Positive stories about the USPS and its employees
Mail carrier stops runaway vehicle after driver passes out
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – When a mail carrier in West Bloomfield Township saw a vehicle speeding and swerving Thursday, he jumped into action and stopped it. Brandon Franklin was driving on Orchard Lake Road during his route when he saw a Jeep traveling erratically. Continue reading
Pair of Colorado letter carriers team up to get man with Alzheimer’s home safely
From USPS News Link:
Two Postal Service employees recently teamed up to ensure the safety of a man with Alzheimer’s disease who was lost in a Broomfield, CO, neighborhood. Continue reading
Rural carrier helps rescue man stuck in tractor
From USPS News Link:
Rural Carrier Christene Wiggins was delivering mail recently in Princeton, NC, when she encountered an older customer in an unusual predicament: He was trapped in a tractor. Continue reading
Mail carrier brings hope to woman after cancer diagnosis
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Breast cancer is a cruel, and in many cases chronic disease.
Yet it’s the illness that has brings one south Minneapolis community closer together.
Michele Slack and Laura Stegenga are both 47 years old.
Slack is a 13-year USPS letter carrier. Stegenga is a Linden Hills wife and mother of two.
Aside a shared age and gender, they share a plight in common. They’ve both been handed stage four breast cancer diagnoses.
Source: Mail carrier brings hope to woman after cancer diagnosis – Story | KMSP
Bravo to North Dakota mail carriers who helped others
The Jamestown, North Dakota Sun hands out these bravos this week: Continue reading
One Of The Longest-Serving Postal Workers Retires After 60 Years
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Melrose Park letter carrier is about to retire after 60 years on the job – one of the longest-serving postal workers in history. Continue reading
Winfield IL neighbors give a surprise send-off for retiring mailman
Neighbors in a Winfield subdivision gave their retiring letter carrier Tom Nemec a remarkable gift Monday — the gift of knowing he made a difference and touched more than a few lives. Continue reading
Welcome home, Mr. Franklin
A portrait of the nation’s first Postmaster General recently returned to USPS headquarters in Washington, DC.
The 7-foot painting of Benjamin Franklin was commissioned in 1918 for PMG Albert Burleson. The artist was Benedict Anton Osnis. Continue reading
Video: Mailman mails 5-year-old boy $20 for giving him free Kool-Aid from his stand
A Michigan boy was selling Kool-Aid outside his home for only 50 cents, but the mailman didn’t have any change on him when he came by. Continue reading
