Dana Watson Estero Postmaster, Dan Beauchemin Manager Post Office Operations, Barbara Saylors Postal Hero, Spider-Man

Fort Myers/Naples, FL — The United States Postal Service honored Estero postal hero Barbara Saylors for demonstrating extraordinary community service by presenting her with a first-ever USPS Postal Hero Award, inspired by the new limited-edition Priority Mail shipping boxes featuring The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and ongoing heroism of the postal workforce.  Barbara was awarded a certificate at a ceremony on National Superhero Day, April 28, 2014.

“The Postal Service is proud to recognize Letter Carrier Barbara Saylors as one of the real superheroes of our community,” said Dan Beauchemin, Manager of Post Office Operations.   “One of the similarities of the Amazing Spider-Man and the Postal Service is reliability and service for the community and Barbara demonstrated both characteristics in her dedicated service.”

Barbara noticed that her customer was not picking up her mail. Barbara became concerned and notified one of the neighbors and asked that someone go check to see if everything was ok.  When the neighbor checked it was discovered that the customer had passed away.  The neighbor who checked was very grateful and stated this customer was a very private person who lived alone.   Due to Barbara’s concern the untimely death was discovered quickly and she was able to be put to rest.

To put some superhero Spidey-power into its promotion of Priority Mail shipping, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has teamed up with Sony Pictures for the release of the highly anticipated motion picture “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” and new custom Priority Mail shipping boxes feature the superhero in theaters nationwide on May 2, 2014. 

The campaign also parallels with the beloved superhero by highlighting the courageous acts of the postal workforce. Last year, the Postal Service recognized 262 postal employees for heroic acts in the Postmaster General’s heroes program. 

National Superhero day started on April 28, 1995 by a group of employees at Marvel Comics. Every April 28th since has been celebrated as National Superhero Day.

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