PHOENIX (CBS 5) – The job isn’t exactly glamorous and there aren’t a lot of perks.

But U.S. Postal carrier John Reyes loves his job and getting to know neighbors on his mail route in Phoenix’s Maryvale district.

“I want them to approach me and ask questions, say, ‘Hi, how was your day?'” said Reyes.

One of the neighbors who have gotten to know Mailman John is Sherry Harrington.

Harrington took a bad fall a few months ago and broke a bone in her back.

She could barely get around on a walker.

Mailman John heard how upset Harrington was about not being able to pull weeds and plant flowers that Mailman John hired a crew to come out and clean her front yard.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Harrington. “I could not believe that someone who just passes through the neighborhood every day, and really doesn’t live here would care that much, and he definitely does.” Read more at AZFamily.com