{"id":18393,"date":"2017-02-27T17:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=18393"},"modified":"2017-02-27T17:09:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:09:06","slug":"postal-service-helps-military-members-celebrate-fat-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/02\/27\/postal-service-helps-military-members-celebrate-fat-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service Helps Military Members Celebrate Fat Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width size-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LAkingCake_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LAkingCake_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LAkingCake_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LAkingCake_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LAkingCake_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Employee preparing a king cake shipment\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">Slidell, LA, Postmaster Ray Phelan prepares a shipment of king cakes for Operation We Care. The cakes, which are traditionally<br \/>\ndecorated in purple and green, are a Mardi Gras staple. Phelan image: Nola.com<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link 2\/27\/17 &#8211; There\u2019s something special about Mardi Gras \u2014 the parades, the beads and, of course, the king cakes.<\/p>\n<p>As the annual celebration gets underway in New Orleans this week, USPS is helping a nonprofit group ensure military members serving overseas can also let the good times roll.<\/p>\n<p>For 14 years, Louisiana District has worked with Operation We Care to package and ship hundreds of king cakes to troops to help them enjoy Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives me a sense of satisfaction when you know the Postal Service is loading up the packages filled with sweet king cakes,\u201d said Operation We Care President Brenda Ogden.<\/p>\n<p>Randazzo\u2019s Camellia City Bakery and Slidell, LA, Post Office employees recently<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/community\/st-tammany\/index.ssf\/2017\/01\/operation_we_care_and_randazzo.html\" target=\"_blank\">boxed<\/a><\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>more than 350 freshly baked king cakes decorated in red, white and blue.<\/p>\n<p>The cakes were shipped in Priority Mail boxes and included a special note of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe king cakes will remind those soldiers that they may be out of sight, but they are far from forgotten,\u201d said Slidell Postmaster Ray Phelan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slidell, LA, Postmaster Ray Phelan prepares a shipment of king cakes for Operation We Care. The cakes, which are traditionally decorated in purple and green, are a Mardi Gras staple. Phelan image: Nola.com USPS News Link 2\/27\/17 &#8211; There\u2019s something special about Mardi Gras \u2014 the parades, the beads and, of course, the king cakes. 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