WHAT:

Sixteen Stratford Letter Carriers will receive the National Safety Council’s Million Mile Award for safe driving by the US Postal Service’s CT Valley District Manager David Mastroianni, Jr.

WHEN:

8:30 am   Tuesday, May 3, 2016

WHERE: 

Stratford Post Office
3100 Main Street
Stratford CT

Background:

The National Safety Council’s Million Mile Award recognizes professional drivers who have not had an at fault accident for 30 years or more of their driving career .According to the National Safety Council, the Safe Driver Award is the trademark of the expert driver and is recognized as the nation’s highest award for professional safe driving.   

Safe postal driving practices, like using seat belts, speed reduction, refraining from the use of hands-free devices that lead distracted driving and general defensive driving techniques, are among the Council’s tips for safe driving.

POSTAL FACTS:  How much driving does USPS really do?   The Postal Service uses 211,264 vehicles, driving more than 1.2 billion miles annually to deliver to America’s 153.9 million addresses.

Please list below for names of Letter Carriers being honored along with the number of years they have worked at the Postal Service.

Name:                                            Years of Service:

James Teel                                       34 years
Edward Quinlan                               31 years
Jay Moran                                       34 years
Fred Wilkinson                                32 years
Franco Buzan                                  30 years
Gary Grand                                    30 years
Robert Cardellichio                         34 years
Greg Curtin                                     30 years
Kevin Lavery                                  31 years
Leroy Simmons                               36 years
Daniel Dufresne                               37 years
John Esposito                                  32 years
Bryant Davis                                    34 years
David Noccioli                                 37 years
Miriam Ocasio                                  31 years
Steve Naran                                      Retired