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Postal Employees' Relief Fund gets $250,000 donation
Postmaster General Potter announced that the Postal
Service is donating $250,000 to the Postal Employees' Relief Fund (PERF).
You can also make a donation, and now you can donate online to PERF using
your credit card over a secure server - go to www.postalrelief.com
and click on the "Donate Now" button. It's that easy! Or you
can send a check or money order to PERF at the following address:
PO BOX 34422
WASHINGTON DC 20043-4422
If you're an employee needing help from PERF, you
can contact them for assistance at the Web site or toll-free number.
Hurricane update — respond, reconnect, re-establish
 Helping
customers reconnect: Houston Retail Specialist Al Alvarez helps a customer
complete a COA form. An eight-person USPS team served thousands of Louisiana
evacuees at the Astrodome and the George R. Brown Convention Center.
The Postal Service'sTM hurricane response has focused
on getting mail to displaced customers across the country, finding and helping
employees uprooted by the storm and re-establishing service to customers
in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.
The Postal Service has been successful in letting
displaced customers know that USPS® can get their mail to them - including
Social Security checks, payroll checks and prescriptions by mail - no
matter where they are, by providing their temporary address.
Reconnecting employees
Like many businesses in areas devastated by Hurricane
Katrina, the Postal Service is reaching its employees through a toll-free
number - 877-477-3273 - so employees can notify the Postal Service of
their location. Employees who call are connected to a USPS Call Center
agent, who will collect the employee's information.
Reestablishing service
 Greenburg,
LA, Rural Carrier Associate Shawne Redmond hands a check to a customer
from the Hammond, LA, Post Office dock.
When and where it is safe to do so, the Postal Service
is re-entering storm-damaged areas to reopen Post Offices to restore mail
delivery and service, and establish mobile retail centers to serve customer
needs in damaged areas.
Employees are asked to help find displaced employees
Postmaster General Jack Potter has asked employees:
if you know of any Postal Service employees displaced by Hurricane Katrina,
ask them to call 877-477-3273.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many of our employees
in the Gulf Coast area suffered severe personal losses. In their efforts
to reach safety and find shelter, many of them had to leave the areas
where they lived and worked. We've heard from many of them - in locations
all around the country.
"If you hear from - or about - Katrina-displaced
employees locally," the PMG said, "please reach out to them.
We want to be sure they're safe. We want to be sure they get paid. We
want to hear from them at 877-477-3273."
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USPS employees help displaced customers rebuild
their lives
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right, Vicki Silva from the Larkin Smith, MS, Post Office, checks IDs
and distributes Social Security checks to residents affected by Katrina.
USPS employees a- cross the country are pitching in
to help the victims of hurricane Katrina - whether they are displaced co-workers,
evacuees, rescue and clean-up workers or police and military personnel on
the scene.
In addition to the intense work taking place in
the Southwest and Southeast Areas, all other USPS areas are lending a
hand, helping get the word out that anyone relocated can file a Change
of Address (COA) and how affected USPS employees can check in with the
Postal Service.
As evacuees pour into shelters being established
in 23 states, the Postal Service is there to assist them - helping with
COA cards and - to those who have already filed a COA - delivering checks,
medicines and other vital mail.
Change of address
Customers concerned about filing a temporary address
change should be assured that USPS has the ability to chain their address
changes together, effectively keeping their forwarded mail moving through
the mailstream until they reach their final destination. But we can't
begin forwarding their mail until they file a change of address. Encourage
all displaced customers to file a change of address with us as soon as
possible, even if they are going to be at their current temporary location
for a brief time.
Flags at half staff
President Bush directed that the United States flag
be displayed at half staff at all federal buildings and installations
through Sept. 20 to honor the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Governor Walsh retires
 John
Walsh, who served as a governor of the U.S. Postal Service® since
his appointment by President Bill Clinton in November 1999, has announced
his retirement. Walsh was vice chairman of the Board from January 2003
through December 2004 and served on the Governance and Capital Projects
committees.
Postmaster General Jack Potter saluted Walsh as
"a friend and trusted counselor." As a governor, Walsh had a
single, overriding concern, said Potter. "He saw it as his role to
do everything possible to make sure the Postal Service was operated in
the interests of the people it serves."
Walsh served in the US Army in Europe during World
War II and was active in business and civic affairs in New Haven, CT,
for more than 40 years where he has been involved in numerous civic organizations.
Corporate Succession Planning open season underway
Think you have what it takes to help lead the Postal
Service? Corporate Succession Planning (CSP) open season runs through
Oct. 14. CSP is a Web-based process for identifying and developing a pool
of qualified Postal Career Executive Service (PCES) and Executive and
Administrative Schedule (EAS) level 22 and above employees for future
executive leadership positions.
Changes have come at the right time - as the Postal
Service looks within to find its future leaders. Learn more about Corporate
Succession Planning on the Postal Service Intranet. Go to http://blue.usps.gov;
under "Hot Topics," click on CSP website.
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