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Elgin, IL, Custodian Thomas Caulfield

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Employee uncovers hidden WWII letter
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Explaining flat-sized mailpiece rules
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Hot Wheels stamps
Hot Wheels
New stamps to honor classic cars
3 days ago

Experience matters

Experience matters

On the job: Columbus, OH, Retail Specialist Jim Hammar
I’m a retail specialist for Eastern Area’s Ohio Valley District. My job is to help retail associates do the best job they can to both bring in revenue and keep our customers coming back.
1 day ago

On the front line

On the front line

Video spotlights stamp event
A new Postal Service video features highlights from the recent World War I: Turning the Tide stamp dedication event.
1 day ago

Help is here

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Help is here

EAP services available to employees
USPS wants you to remember that counseling and other services are available through the Employee Assistance Program.
1 day ago

HERO hiring

HERO hiring

New platform adds recruiting portal
Postal Service managers and supervisors can now use HERO to recruit new employees and perform other hiring activities.
3 days ago

Fresh perspectives

Fresh perspectives

Interns help promote Informed Delivery
The Postal Service is getting help promoting Informed Delivery to younger consumers from some in-house experts: the organization’s summer interns.
4 days ago

Crime time

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Crime time

The list: 5 facts about the Postal Inspection Service
The Postal Inspection Service marked its 243rd birthday last week. Here are five facts about the organization and its employees.
4 days ago

Fired up

Man uses a virtual reality device at the Dragons stamp event

Fired up

USPS dedicates Dragons stamps
The Postal Service’s new Dragons stamps will bring a touch of mythology to the mail, USPS leaders and others told attendees at the Aug. 9 dedication ceremony in Columbus, OH.
1 week ago

Moving on

Moving on

McDevitt to leave USPS
Controller and Vice President Maura McDevitt will depart USPS this month after four years of service.
1 week ago

USPS finances

USPS finances

Third-quarter results reported
The Postal Service has reported its financial results for fiscal 2018’s third quarter (April 1-June 30).
1 week ago
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Heroes’ corner

  • Postal worker stands next to delivery vehicle

    A California teenager has credited a Postal Service employee with protecting her at a critical time — just moments after she says she escaped a months-long ordeal of captivity and abuse....read more.

    Ivan Crisostomo, Sacramento, CA

    ‘Nobody is going to get you. I’m here for you.’
    Aug. 17 at midnight

    A California teenager has credited a Postal Service employee with protecting her at a critical time — just moments after she says she escaped a months-long ordeal of captivity and abuse.

    Letter Carrier Ivan Crisostomo was delivering mail in a Sacramento, CA, neighborhood in June when he spotted 16-year-old Crystal Allen hiding in a yard, sobbing desperately.

    Crisostomo stopped to check on Allen, who is described in media reports as a sex trafficking victim. She kept repeating, “They are coming to get me,” he later told the local NBC station.

    “Don’t worry,” he assured her. “Nobody is going to get you. I’m here for you.”

    Crisostomo immediately called 911, then persuaded Allen to call her mother, Stacy Ohman.

    “I couldn’t even understand her, she was so upset,” Ohman told the local ABC affiliate. “She gave the phone to Ivan and he instantly kicked into gear and told me that he would save my daughter.”

    Crisostomo stayed with Allen until emergency responders arrived. Authorities eventually pieced together details of the case, including the teen’s account of fleeing from the vehicle of abductors who were looking for her when Crisostomo came to her aid.

    “He stepped up where a lot of people would have continued driving down the road, and he made a huge, positive impact in this young girl’s life,” sheriff’s deputy David Cuneo told CBS Sacramento.

    Allen and Ohman later thanked Crisostomo in person at a Postal Service event where he was honored for his heroism.

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