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
Video: Mailman mails 5-year-old boy $20 for giving him free Kool-Aid from his stand
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Positive stories about the USPS and its employees
USPS retiree to appear on ‘America’s Got Talent’
This week’s episode of “America’s Got Talent” will feature a Postal Service retiree who is part of a 1960s soul group on the comeback trail.
Harold “Sundance” Thomas is a member of the Masqueraders, a group that hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968 with “I Ain’t Got to Love Nobody Else.” Continue reading
Video: Alert mail carrier credited with saving customer’s life
BARBERTON, Ohio– An elderly man is alive thanks to the woman who delivers his mail. Continue reading
Video: Mailman, Tampa police officers team up to save disabled veteran (and 2 dogs) trapped inside burning home
TAMPA, Fla. – A United States Postal Worker and four Tampa police officers are being called heroes after they worked together to save the life of a 68-year-old Vietnam veteran trapped inside his Tampa home. Continue reading
Video: Michigan letter carrier delivers life-saving treatment
“When they smile, and it’s genuine, it actually picks my day up,” says an enthusiastic Jerred Thill.
He’s been trying to deliver smiles to his customers for the four years that he’s been with the Postal Service, which is why he always has one on. Continue reading
Museum commemorates rail mail anniversary
The Postal Service stopped sorting mail aboard trains in 1977, but one Railway Post Office (RPO) made an encore run this month.
To commemorate the final run of the last RPO, the Minnesota Transportation Museum transported mail in a train car that once served as a Railway Post Office. Continue reading
Video: Retired Postal Service worker devotes her life to serving the homeless
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -Military veteran and grandmother Rhonda Sneed knows what it’s like to be homeless. After her release from the Air Force, where she served four years, Rhonda was unable to get an apartment and lived in a homeless shelter. Continue reading
Florida rural carrier rescues customer
From USPS News Link:
Rural Carrier Luis Cortes recently had Certified Mail for a customer in Estero, FL.
When he knocked on the woman’s door and she told him to come in, he was surprised to find her on the floor. Continue reading
Floods disrupt service in Midwest, South
The U.S. Coast Guard maneuvers a survey boat in Eureka, MO, after major flooding affected much of the Midwest and USPS operations.
The Postal Service is continuing to move mail in the Midwest and South despite major flooding and storms this week.
Several Post Offices in Illinois and Missouri have suspended operations due to heavy rains and bloated rivers that flooded homes, businesses and streets. Continue reading
Kansas postmaster, clerk help stop phone scam and recover victims money
Action by Pratt Post Master Crystal Easley and Postal Clerk Scott Elliot along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Pratt Police Department and law enforcement from Cook County, Texas helped stop a phone scam and recover a large sum of money for a phone scam victim in Pratt.
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