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Dec. 4, 2024

A Day in the Life of a San Jose Carrier

USPS Carrier helps deliver Joy in the South Bay

What:

In a city as bustling as San Jose it takes a team of drivers to help deliver essential goods and warm holiday cheer to every mailbox and doorstep through our vast network.

Shadow a USPS San Jose Letter Carrier during the Holiday Peak Season. The carrier will demonstrate how they deliver in time for the holiday season and share personal stories of how the busiest season is also the most rewarding season for USPS employees.

Who:

Letter Carrier Nahima Henriquez, U.S. Postal Service

When:

December 17, 2024

Where:

San Jose Berryessa Station
1315 Piedmont Rd
San Jose CA 95132

PLEASE RSVP to  Kristina.Uppal@usps.gov SO WE CAN COORDINATE A TIME SLOT AND LOCATION OF THE DRIVER.

Background:

In the spirit of the holiday season, Nahima will be providing insight into her job as a San Jose Letter Carrier.

She will give viewers and readers the opportunity to see the Last Mile of their mail delivery.

OTHER HOLIDAY INFORMATION:

2024 USPS Holiday Shipping and Mailing Deadlines

The information below covers domestic, international and military shipping destinations to allow for the timely delivery of cards, letters and packages by Dec. 25th.

Items Sent to Addresses in the Contiguous United States (Lower 48 States):

  • USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 18
  • First-Class Mail service: Dec. 18
  • Priority Mail service: Dec. 19
  • Priority Mail Express service: Dec. 21

Items Sent to Addresses in Alaska and Hawaii:

  • USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 16
  • First-Class Mail service: Dec. 18
  • Priority Mail service: Dec. 19
  • Priority Mail Express service: Dec. 20

For customers sending packages internationally, or to military addresses, USPS suggests checking the complete list of recommended holiday mailing and shipping dates at usps.com/holidayshippingdates.

USPS Is Ready for the Peak Shipping Season

A option this year is USPS Ground Advantage, a service that provides a simple, reliable and affordable way to ship packages with day certain delivery of 2-5 business days based on distance.

In addition to our convenient retail locations, customers can purchase their shipping labels, order Priority Mail packaging and schedule free carrier pick up via the Postal Service’s shipping platform Click-N-Ship . Customers using the platform will have access to Commercial Shipping Rates that will apply to all domestic package labels — making it easier for customers to ship their packages.

The Postal Service is built for the holidays, serving 165 million addresses across the country and covering every state, city and town. Everyone living in the United States and its territories has access to postal products and services.

Review the details on how to ship packages to military and diplomatic addresses at domestic prices, even if you are sending mail overseas. Notably, the Postal Service is the only delivery service that ships to APO, FPO and DPO addresses.

Postal Products

Customers may purchase, stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon

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The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 169 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America’s most valued and trusted brands.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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