Video: USPS and school districts in Iowa, Illinois team up to help students get school supplies

Unique partnership between USPS and QCA schools helps ensure that every student has school supplies August 8, 2015 – Today wasn’t just a regular day on the job for the USPS mail carriers in Bettendorf. All the the carriers for the day brought back an extra load to the post office. This load included pencils, […]

Video: Delaware letter carrier’s school-supply drive receives an A+

Vandrick Hamlin Sr. saw a need on his postal route. Hundreds of kids needed school supplies. With the help of social media, he was able to gather thousands and distribute them at a barbecue on Sunday. In his 25 years working for the post office, 20 on this route, Hamlin has gotten to know just […]

Mail carriers collect school supplies donated by residents in Charlotte, NC area

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — People in several local counties had the chance to take part in Channel 9’s School Tools Drive Saturday, without even leaving their homes. Thanks to Channel 9’s partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, folks in the Charlotte area left school supplies at their mailboxes and their letter carriers picked them up as […]