Submitted by George Flood
Senior postal managers, community leaders, and representatives from the letter carriers union recently recognized three Kenilworth New Jersey letter carriers for their superior on-the-job 30+ year safe driving performance. The highlight of the recognition ceremony at the Kenilworth Post Office was the presentation of the National Safety Council’s (NSC) Million Mile award plaques to letter carriers William Cooper, Joseph Crown, and Patrick Crown for driving one million miles on the job without a preventable accident.
In addition to Kenilworth Postmaster Barbara Sevek-Stoll, on hand to recognize the three safety conscious carriers were: Mayor Anthony DeLuca, U.S. Postal Service Northern NJ District Manager Scott Hooper, U.S. Postal Service Northern NJ District Post Office Operations Manager Mark Hernandez, National Association of Letter Carriers Branch #38 President Michael O’Neill, and National Association of Letter Carriers Branch #38 Area Representative Christine Strasser.
The National Safety Council’s Million Mile award is an extraordinary milestone for professional drivers. As perspective, you would have to drive more than 40.1 times around the earth to reach one million miles.
The ceremony also featured the presentation of a 30-year service pin to clerk Glenn Gallo and safe driving certificates and pins to letter carriers working toward the Million Mile milestone including: Maria Janet (17 years), Edgar Reyes (16 years), Michael Silva (16 years), Linda Murphy (15 years), and Wieslaw Kozak (11 years).
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
(above, l-r): Kenilworth letter carriers Joseph Crown, Patrick Crown, and William Cooper were recently recognized with the National Safety Council’s prestigious Million Mile Award for 30+ years of accident free driving on the job.
