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Carrier helps company get shipping deal

Webinar to be held Feb. 13

FSA deadlines

FSA deadlines

Dates differ by plan, benefit period

Claims for the 2023 benefits period must be by April 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern to be eligible for reimbursement.

Love story

Love story

Puppy, kitten stamps highlighted in video

The two stamps show a puppy and a kitten, each resting their front paws on a big red heart.

Postal vehicle ethics

Postal vehicle ethics

Penalties stiff for unauthorized use

Postal Service vehicles should be used for one purpose only: official, authorized business.

Crimson tide

Crimson tide

National Wear Red Day is Feb. 3

The Postal Service is encouraging employees to show their support for heart health awareness by sporting scarlet on National Wear Red Day, Friday, Feb. 3.

Scanning snapshot

Scanning snapshot

Bottled water, data, Postal Bulletin also highlighted

Check out this week’s scanning snapshot, delivery data and highlights of the latest Postal Bulletin.

Winter driving

Winter driving

Tips to avoid seasonal accidents

The Postal Service wants employees to stay safe behind the wheel when dealing with challenging weather.

African American History Month

African American History Month

Annual celebration begins Feb. 1

The Postal Service is honoring Ernest J. Gaines, Toni Morrison and John Lewis with stamps this year.

Package deal

Package deal

Shipping labels now have two more barcodes

The labels incorporate two-dimensional Intelligent Mail matrix barcodes, or QR codes.

Tiptop tickers

Tiptop tickers

American Heart Month begins Feb. 1

The mobile-friendly version of the Link website offers news reports, feature stories and informational videos.

Are you in the know?

Are you in the know?

Link mobile helps keep employees informed

The mobile-friendly version of the Link website offers news reports, feature stories and informational videos.

Closing the loop

Closing the loop

Postal encounter solves MIA mystery

Veteran Leonard Lazure helped Retail Associate Barb Henkle pass on a missing-in-action bracelet to a soldier’s family.

Biz boost

Biz boost

Carrier’s tip leads to $96,000 deal

A sales lead from a letter carrier in Texas has resulted in a marketing campaign deal worth more than $96,000 for the Postal Service.

Voice for the oppressed

Voice for the oppressed

Ernest J. Gaines stamp dedicated

The author is best known for the novels “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “A Lesson Before Dying.”

Something’s phishy

Something’s phishy

Watch out for fake emails

The Postal Service wants employees and contractors to learn the skills necessary to identify phishing lures in a sea of emails.

Heroes’ Corner

Slippery slope
Carrier comes to aid of critically injured customer
Feb. 3
Slippery slope
Carrier comes to aid of critically injured customer
Feb. 3 at midnight

Letter Carrier Benito Vargas was delivering mail one day last winter in a West Hartford, CT, neighborhood when he came upon an unconscious customer.

The man had slipped on ice in his driveway, striking the pavement headfirst.

Vargas rushed to the residence to alert the customer’s wife, who called 911, and remained on the scene until emergency responders arrived.

After the man recovered from a significant head injury, his wife mailed a letter to the Postal Service.

“I can only imagine what might have happened if Benito hadn’t been there,” she wrote. “Our driveway slopes down and my husband might have been there for an extended time until someone driving by saw him.”

She added: “We are eternally grateful to Benito and want the people he works for and with to know how wonderful he is!”

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On the Move

High achievers
Executive, manager news
Jan. 31
High achievers
Executive, manager news
Jan. 31 at 9:10 a.m.

Here’s a look at Postal Service employees who received appointments or recognition recently:

• Maged S. Aziz, field operations support director, was named Georgia District’s acting manager. Connecticut District Manager Carissa A. Laino was named acting field operations support director, while Boston Postmaster David C. Guiney was named Connecticut District’s acting manager. Joshua S. Balcunas, Massachusetts-Rhode Island District’s Post Office operations manager, was named the Boston Post Office’s officer in charge.

• John Colao, the Chicago Processing and Distribution Center senior plant manager, retired Dec. 30 after more than 37 years with USPS. Kenyata B. Moore, the Palatine, IL, Processing and Distribution Center plant manager, was named the Chicago facility’s acting plant manager, while Raynald L. Grady, the in-plant support manager at the South Suburban Processing and Distribution Center in Bedford Park, IL, was named the Palatine facility’s acting plant manager.

• Gary, IN, Postmaster Shoca Moore was named the Louisville, KY, Post Office’s officer in charge.

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Martha Carson, Guysville, OH:
“We Go Everywhere” is such an intriguing and enchanting series highlighting the beautiful and noteworthy places that letter carriers deliver mail. There is so much history and so many sights no matter where the carriers go.
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