Two postal employees from Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights station have been recognized for their work to create a fund that helps pay the postage for local families sending packages to relatives serving in the armed forces overseas.
In 2003, Arena and Lovisi paid the postage for packages that members of a Brooklyn family were sending to their son, Edward Chin — the marine who draped the U.S. flag over the statue of Saddam Hussein. Their act of generosity created a popular and enduring program. Today, the Dyker Heights Military Postage Fund has disbursed more than $40,000 to help local families pay the cost of postage for packages dispatched to troops serving outside the United States.
