{"id":20989,"date":"2017-09-19T07:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=20989"},"modified":"2017-09-19T07:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:09:57","slug":"usps-retiree-update-perf-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/09\/19\/usps-retiree-update-perf-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Retiree update, PERF reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><a title=\"Garland Gralow pushes his balloon-festooned mail cart on his final day as a letter carrier in Melrose Park, IL.\" href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29747]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ntk0918_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Melrose Park, IL, Letter Carrier Garland Gralow\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>Garland Gralow pushes his balloon-festooned mail cart on his final day as <\/em><em>a letter carrier in Melrose Park, IL.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Big goodbye.<\/strong>\u00a0Garland Gralow, the Melrose Park, IL, letter carrier who recently\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/08\/15\/end-of-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retired<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>after 60 years on the same route, received a grand sendoff from his co-workers.<\/p>\n<p>The cart that Gralow used to carry mail was festooned with balloons, and he was photographed punching the clock for the final time.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Gralow\u2019s name was added to the Post Office\u2019s \u201cwall of fame,\u201d along with two colleagues: Letter Carrier Vito Keaty and Customer Services Supervisor Robert Puoci.<\/p>\n<p>Although some attendees joked that with 62 years of federal service \u2014 60 with USPS, plus 2 years in the Army \u2014 Gralow makes Keaty (31 years) and Puoci (44 years) look like rookies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurricane help.<\/strong>\u00a0USPS employees can make financial contributions to the Postal Employees\u2019 Relief Fund to help colleagues affected by the recent hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>This<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/09\/13\/time-of-need-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special solicitation<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is not part of the Combined Federal Campaign, the annual charity drive for federal workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postalrelief.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PERF site<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has more information.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/09\/18\/need-to-know-91\/\">USPS News Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garland Gralow pushes his balloon-festooned mail cart on his final day as a letter carrier in Melrose Park, IL. Big goodbye.\u00a0Garland Gralow, the Melrose Park, IL, letter carrier who recently\u00a0retired\u00a0after 60 years on the same route, received a grand sendoff from his co-workers. 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