July 01, 2026
PEN, Postal Employee Network: PEN salutes our hard-working postal employees. For the past 28 years we have attempted t0 provide you with the latest postal news and benefits. We hope we have met that responsibility. God bless you all. Rick Owens – PEN 
BCBS FEP: Thank you, postal workers Happy National Postal Worker Day! Today we celebrate all your hard work to bring communities across the country together. You deserve a plan that works hard to meet your needs. That’s why our care and resources are created with you in mind.
National Day Calendar:
National Postal Worker Day on July 1st recognizes postal workers all across the nation and encourages us to show our appreciation. Thank the numerous men and women who work consistently and diligently to deliver all of our mail. These employees suffer some of the harshest working conditions yet
continue to persevere six days a week.
Across the United States, postal workers walk an average of 4 to 8 miles carrying a full load of letters and packages, delivering them promptly to each of our doorsteps. Approximately 490,000 postal workers across the United States head out each day to our residences and businesses. Regardless of the weather, postal workers deliver all week long. Even when temperatures fluctuate between extreme heat to cold, the mail arrives. In the rain, sleet, and blizzards, too, the mail gets delivered.
Besides severe weather, dealing with unusual packages is also part of the job. In 1913, the postal service started delivering packages up to a maximum of 11 pounds. The most surprising package to arrive for delivery was a small child. Weighing barely under the limit, young James Beagle was mailed. For a cost of 15 cents, a postal worker delivered young Beagle to his grandmother just a few miles away. This practice continued for just over a year. By then, the postmaster general put regulations in place prohibiting it. Read more