USPS: Clear a Path to Your Mailbox
INDIANAPOLIS As you head out to shovel your driveway or sidewalk, be sure to help your mail carrier and clear the snow and ice from pathways and mailboxes.
Clearing a path will help keep your mail carrier from slipping, tripping, or falling on the ice and snow, says the U.S. Postal Service.
“Our letter carriers are the best in the business,” said Acting Greater Indiana District Manager Christi Johnson-Kennedy. “While they are accustomed to winter weather, they still need the cooperation of homeowners to help them reduce the risk of accidents.”
Mounds of snow and patches of ice in front of mailboxes are hazardous for mail carriers. The USPS is asking residents to maintain a path to the mailbox including steps, porches, walkways, and the approach from the street to help mail carriers deliver mail and packages in a timely fashion.
INDIANAPOLIS — As Hoosiers experience some of the coldest temperatures and snowiest conditions we have seen for a while, the Postal Service is asking customers to please clear now and
Dec 22, 2020
Hundreds of items collected in coat drive
ELKHART â United Way of Elkhart & LaGrange Countiesâ annual coat drive has collected more than 750 coats for local schoolchildren and families in need.
More than 500 childrenâs coats were given to local school systems, along with 500 hats that were knit by individuals incarcerated at the Elkhart County Jail, according to United Way officials in a recent news release. The remaining coats will be distributed by five local nonprofits, including ADEC, Elkhart County Clubhouse, Faith Mission, Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network and the Window.
âWe are so grateful to all of those who donated. Every year there are children that donât have the appropriate clothing to keep warm while waiting for the bus or walking to school,â Mona Livingston, organizer of the drive and director of community impact at United Way, said. âItâs become a United Way tradition to work with schools and sh