What:

Milford Post Office will host a ceremony on July 2, honoring 16 letter carriers who are receiving the National Safety Council Million Mile Award. The Million Mile Award is given to employees who have driven 1 million miles (or 30 accumulated years) without a preventable incident.

Letter carriers being honored for safe driving in Milford include Harold Johnstone, Robert Bentley, Dean Fagan, Glenn Lindsey, Silvestro Deluise, John Mullins, Domenico Sollenne, Anthony Constantinople, Charles Petrafesa, Maria Melendez, Norberto Baez, Samuel Harris, Daniel Kraszewski, Michael De Lucia, Patrick Haddon, and Anthony Perillo.

Who:

Milford Postmaster Lawrence M. McLeain

When:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025
8:30 a.m.

Where:

Milford Post Office
300 Pepes Farm Road
Milford, CT  06460

RSVP:

RSVP to Strategic Communications Specialist amy.n.gibbs@usps.gov

Background:

The Million Mile Award is awarded to letter carriers, rural carriers and truck drivers, who have a safe attitude that entails driving for one million miles or 30 years without a preventable incident. They receive a plaque which bears the Million Mile Club emblem, the NSC logo and an engraved personalized nameplate.

The Postal Service has one of the world’s largest civilian fleets with 246,503 vehicles.

These vehicles link the nation’s 31,000 plus Post Offices and are driven by more than 341,000 letter carriers and truck drivers. The Postal Service logs more than 1.2 billion miles annually delivering to America’s 148.6 million residences and 12.8 million businesses – 6 days a week. 

Driving a million miles safely is commendable. To add perspective, the moon is 238,900 miles from planet earth. Driving one million miles is the equivalent of doing that journey more than four times.

According to the National Safety Council, more than 30,000 Postal Service employees have achieved a distinction most people never approach in their lifetimes – driving more than a million accident-free miles.

“What the Post Office talks about a thousand times over – is safety,” said New Haven Letter Carrier Michele Decilla, who received the award in New Haven on May 8. “I stay alert and pay attention,” she added. “I tell new employees to focus on their own driving. Don’t rely on other drivers to pay attention,” said Decilla

“Safe driving is no accident,” said Postal Service’s Connecticut District Manager Carissa Laino. “The safety of our employees is our top priority, and we are proud that our comprehensive safe driver training program is second to none.”

Safe Driving Habits Start with Good Training

Driving for the Postal Service is a privilege. All drivers must demonstrate safe-driving practices throughout their careers. Behind-the-wheel job candidates undergo a rigorous screening, training, and certification process to earn credentials to operate a right-hand drive postal vehicle.

Information on the National Safety Council’s Safe Driver Program is located at www.nsc.org/usps. Questions can be directed to the National Safety Council Customer Relations at 1-800-621-7619 or uspsawards@nsc.org.

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