Boone letter carrier does 1 million miles

BOONE, NC – The U.S. Postal Service and Boone Post Office will honor one of its own, rural letter carrier Brent Beach, for his recent induction into the National Safety Council’s coveted Million Mile Club, which recognizes drivers who have gone at least 30 years without a preventable motor vehicle accident. The short recognition ceremony will take place Thursday, April 9, at the Boone Post Office, 544 Blowing Rock Road, at 8:30 am.

The Million Mile Club is the highest honor given to a professional driver in the workplace by the National Safety Council, and according to the NSC, the status is to professional driving as reaching the peak of Mt. Everest is to the sport of climbing. Beach, a Boone resident, earns this unique recognition to highlight his 36 years of government service.

Boone Postmaster Lee Montgomery will be on hand to recognize Beach’s achievements in front of his peers Thursday. Beach is one of only seven district carriers to receive this honor so far this year.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 149 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes, six days a week. It has 34,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.