{"id":20796,"date":"2017-09-01T08:44:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T13:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2017-09-01T08:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T13:44:41","slug":"perf-accepting-aid-for-usps-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/09\/01\/perf-accepting-aid-for-usps-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"PERF accepting aid for USPS victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><a title=\"Texas National Guard soldiers assist Houston residents affected by this week\u2019s flooding. Image: Army National Guard\" href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29207]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/harveyPERF_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Soldier picks up child in flooded area\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>Texas National Guard soldiers assist Houston residents affected by this week\u2019s flooding.<br \/>\nImage: Army National Guard<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 8\/31\/17 &#8211; Postal Service employees can now make financial contributions to help USPS colleagues whose homes have been damaged by Hurricane Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency, has authorized a special solicitation to assist victims of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/08\/29\/hurricane-harvey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devastating storm<\/a><\/em>. PMG Megan J. Brennan has designated the Postal Employees\u2019 Relief Fund (PERF) as the charity to receive contributions from USPS employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Postal Service employees in Texas and Louisiana are dealing with significant hardships as a result of this storm. Through PERF, these employees can receive some of the assistance they need to begin the recovery and rebuilding process,\u201d the PMG said.<\/p>\n<p>You can make one-time credit and debit card donations to PERF to specifically aid Postal Service victims.<\/p>\n<p>These donations can be made online at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postalrelief.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.postalrelief.com<\/a><\/em>\u00a0or by mailing a check to the following address: Postal Employees\u2019 Relief Fund, PO Box 7630, Woodbridge, VA 22195.<\/p>\n<p>This special solicitation is outside the Combined Federal Campaign, the annual charity drive for federal workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>PERF provides assistance grants to employees who are victims of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires and earthquakes. The organization, established in 1990, has distributed more than $16.2 million in grants to employees in need.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postalrelief.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PERF site<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas National Guard soldiers assist Houston residents affected by this week\u2019s flooding. Image: Army National Guard USPS News Link &#8211; 8\/31\/17 &#8211; Postal Service employees can now make financial contributions to help USPS colleagues whose homes have been damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency, has authorized a special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20797,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions\/20797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}