{"id":2139,"date":"2011-05-03T19:28:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T00:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2011-05-03T19:28:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T00:28:52","slug":"apwu-members-encouraged-to-contribute-to-postal-employee-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/05\/03\/apwu-members-encouraged-to-contribute-to-postal-employee-relief-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU Members Encouraged To Contribute to Postal Employee Relief Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/APWU-News.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2140\" title=\"APWU-News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/APWU-News-150x150.gif\" alt=\"APWU-News\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>APWU Web News Article 051-2011, May 3, 2011<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, APWU members are encouraged to contribute to the Postal Employees\u2019 Relief Fund (PERF) to provide assistance to those impacted by the storms.<\/p>\n<p>Between April 14 and April 28, nearly 500 tornadoes touched down in 23 states, with a confirmed death toll of 385 and hundreds reported missing. Thousands of homes were damaged and a significant amount of property was destroyed in the affected states, including the Ringgold (GA) Post Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage all APWU members to give generously to PERF to provide much-needed aid to postal families,\u201d said President Cliff Guffey. \u201cOur contributions will help our co-workers who are coping with the devastation caused by the storms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>APWU locals and union members who wish to donate to the relief effort should visit PERF\u2019s Web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postalrelief.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.postalrelief.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PERF provides financial assistance to postal employees and retirees who have suffered substantial losses as a result of natural disasters or home fires if they are not reimbursed by insurance or other grants. Supported and administered by the unions and the Postal Service, PERF is a tax-exempt charitable organization that is funded through donations from postal employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPERF accounts are running low,\u201d said Human Relations Director Sue Carney. \u201cIn the aftermath of these storms, the need for assistance will be great. It is more important than ever that postal employees contribute generously.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APWU Web News Article 051-2011, May 3, 2011 In the wake of the deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, APWU members are encouraged to contribute to the Postal Employees\u2019 Relief Fund (PERF) to provide assistance to those impacted by the storms. Between April 14 and April 28, nearly 500 tornadoes touched down in 23 states, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","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=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}