ADAMS RUN — Officer-In-Charge Lorrie May White and the employees of the Adams Run Post Office will welcome the community for Customer Appreciation Day at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, August 16, 2010. Speakers will include White, retired Rural Carrier Rose Ann Baldwin, who will discuss local Postal history and SC District 116 Representative Robert L. Brown. A special presentation will be made followed by a reception.
“Rural communities have a special relationship with their Post Office,” said White, “this will be an opportunity to take time to meet to say, ‘thank you for your business’ on a personal basis with the customers we serve every day. Adams Run has had a Post Office for over 167 years, so we’re also going to acknowledge our rich history of valuable service.”
The Adams Run Post Office, 5190 Hwy 174, known as one of the most picturesque rural Post Offices in South Carolina, has served the Charleston County town since 1843. Adams Run has 6 employees, who deliver 905,632 pieces of mail annually to 1-1/2 rural routes with 679 deliveries and to 245 P.O. Box holders.
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