Postal Service Celebrates ‘America’s Partnership’ with Business

Bay Area and Sacramento Postal Customer Councils Come Together Sept. 17

NAPA Calif. — An anticipated 14,000 people will join the U.S. Postal Service and Postmaster General John E. Potter in celebrating “America’s Partnership” on Sept. 17 beginning 9 a.m. PT.

Potter will deliver a national satellite broadcast to customers and partners across the country, emphasizing the important role of Postal Customer Councils (PCCs) in helping businesses succeed using the mail.

Locally, the combined Northern California PCCs of San Francisco, Bay-Valley (Oakland and San Jose) and Sacramento will host the National PCC Day remote site at the Marriott Napa, 3425 Solano Ave. The guest speakers will be U.S. Postal Service Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Donahoe, and Vice President, Business Mail Entry and Payment Technologies Pritha Mehra.

Located nationwide with more than 100,000 members, PCCs are partnerships between businesses interested in mailing industry issues and postal managers. Through education, involvement in the most pressing issues facing the mailing industry and an active dialogue with Postal Service leaders, PCCs are enhancing the value of mail and supporting the growth of the mailing industry.

Potter will speak live via satellite from St. Louis, Missouri, home of the Greater St. Louis Postal Customer Council, which was the 2007 National PCC of the Year. Other senior Postal Service executives will participate in concurrent events held at more than 150 sites across the country. National PCC Day is designed to share the most current information about the value of mail and challenges facing the mailing industry and provide business networking opportunities.

For more information on PCCs and National PCC Day, go to usps.com/nationalpcc.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.