MILLERS CREEK, NC — A 33-year letter carrier and resident of Millers Creek will be honored Tuesday after having joined the ranks of the prestigious Million Mile Club, the highest honor given to professional drivers in the workplace.
On Tuesday, November 1, 2011 @8:30 am, during a ceremony honoring numerous employees for their stellar safety performances, letter carrier Ron Bumgarner will be recognized as the latest inductee into the Million Mile Club. The ceremony will happen.at the Millers Creek Post Office, 148 Post Office Drive.
Millers Creek Postmaster Mark Jolly and Officer-in-Charge Mark Hall will recognize Bumgarner for his ability to drive regularly for the Postal Service for at least 30 years – which translates to at least one million miles – without incurring a preventable motor vehicle accident. The award is given by the National Safety Council.
“The Postal Service is proud of Mr. Bumgarner’s accomplishments and our community should likewise be proud of the safety record he brings,” said Jolly.
According to the NSC, the status is to professional driving as reaching the peak of Mt. Everest is to the sport of climbing.
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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, 150 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. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. 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 $67 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 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. 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 six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
