INDIANAPOLIS, IN —In an effort to help businesses reach more customers, the U.S. Postal Service has joined with the South Bend and Fort Wayne Postal Customer Councils (PCC) for National PCC Day on Sept. 18, 2012. The event takes place at Juday Creek Golf Course, 14770 Lindy Dr., Granger, IN 46530.

With the theme, “Together Toward Tomorrow,” the one-day conference offers companies the opportunity to learn more about the Postal Service, receive networking opportunities, learn how to help grow their business, and receive the latest information on new and existing USPS products, services and procedures.

The main speaker at the event will be Great Lakes Area Vice-President of Operations Jakki Krage-Strako, who will talk about the current state of the Postal Service and how USPS plans to continue to play a vital role in the personal and commercial lives of all Americans.

The Postal Customer Council fosters and maintains a close working relationship between mailers and the Postal Service by helping members and their organizations grow and develop professionally through focused educational programs. It promotes cooperation and support between members and others who are dedicated to quality and efficiency in the mailing industry.

The one-day event costs $25 per person that includes a broadcast address by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, a discussion on how to use the Intelligent Mail Barcode tracking system to best advantage and a buffet lunch.

The National PCC Day event starts at 10:30 a.m. and continues until 2 p.m.

Registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.  Checks should be made payable to South Bend Area PCC, Attn: Mark Baumgartner, 1313 West Hively Ave, Elkhart, IN 46517. He can be reached by telephone at 574-294-5521, by fax at 574-294-6851, or by email: mbaumgartner@lithotone.com.

Payments by cash or check may also be made at the door. 

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office™ Boxes. The Postal Service™ receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com®, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service performance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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