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What:

After years of working through rain, sleet, snow and heat, fifteen Palatine Post Office letter carriers will receive the Million Mile Award for safe driving. The Million Mile Club is sponsored by the National Safety Council. “We’re proud to present this award,” said Officer in Charge Danny Clements. “The safety of our employees and customers is a top priority and driving for the Postal Service is a privilege that requires all drivers to demonstrate safe driving practices throughout their careers.” The Palatine Post Office is home to 71 city delivery routes and recorded only one motor vehicle accident for the entire year during 2014.

Since 2005, when records were established, more than 6,000 postal employees have been recognized for driving at least one million miles without a single accident. The Postal Service has the world’s largest civilian fleet with approximately 220,000 vehicles. Close to 350,000 letter carriers and truck drivers log more than 1 billion miles annually when delivering to America’s more than 152 million addresses.

When:

Thursday, January 8, 2014 | 8:30 a.m.

Where:

Palatine Post Office   
440 W Colfax
Palatine IL 60067

Who:

Steve Wenzel, District Manager, United States Postal Service
Nancy Borst, Post Office Operations Manager, USPS
Danny Clements, Officer in Charge, USPS
Palatine Letter Carriers: Mark Thieme, Robert Milostan, Brian Wijas, Bill Zaker, Kenneth Dems, Mike Callahan, Mark Kurpiel, Terry Jones, Martha Ackerman, Don Wilke, Ron Kiefer, Steven Jorwic, Leonard Hall, Gregg Llyod, Mario Flores, and Wayne Williams

Background:

A postal employee may be nominated for lifetime enrollment in the National Safety Council’s Million Mile Club if he or she drives without being involved in a preventable motor vehicle accident for a cumulative total of one million miles or 30 years. The Million Mile Club is part of the Safe Driver Award program created by 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.