Gulf Atlantic welcomes Dolores Seuwin

 

Since beginning her postal career, Dolores Seuwin has always cherished the opportunity to accept positions with increasing levels of responsibilities to broaden her knowledge of the Postal Service and to improve the quality of service provided to our customers.  When offered a detail assignment to Jacksonville FL, the “River City”, as Manager, Customer Service Operation, Ms. Seuwin wholeheartedly accepted.  Ms. Seuwin hails from the Suncoast District as Manager, Customer Services in Tampa, FL.
 

JAX Lake Forest Letter Carrier Frederick Sapp receives the Million Mile Award

L-R:  Lake Forest Letter Carrier Frederick Sapp, Postmaster Debra Gornik

NALC Branch 53 President Bob Henning and Postmaster Jacksonville Debra Gornik honored Lake Forest Station Letter Carrier Frederick Sapp with his Million Mile Award front of his co-workers.  “Congratulations to Carrier Sapp for 30 years of Safe Driving.  He’s taking care of himself, his customers, and the company by being a safe professional driver!” said Postmaster Gornik.  Lake Forest A/Manager C/S Toni Jackson said she was so excited about his award because he’s such a great employee and person, he cares about people. 

L-R:  NALC President Bob Henning, Letter Carrier Frederick Sapp, Postmaster Debra Gornik

Good News - Food Drive - JAX Kessler Creative

PHOTO – L-R:  Kessler employee Dina Kessler, Jax Mandarin Station Supervisor (A)
Donovan Wright & Kessler employee Charles Flantroy,.

Jacksonville Postmaster and Postal PCC Co-Chair, Debbie Gornik, invited the Jacksonville business community to extend themselves for the 2014 Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive by serving as a food donation drop site for their employees.  “I thought it would be an excellent idea to provide an alternate site for food donations in addition to leaving food at resident’s mail boxes.  In some cases, it would encourage individuals to donate more food; at work and at home,”  stated Gornik.  “There is such a tremendous need to help fill the void of basic food staples for so many households in our communities.”

Well,  Kessler Creative volunteered for the challenge.  Owners Keith and Dina Kessler made the decision to support giving back to the community by serving as a drop site for their employees’ non-perishable food donations.  A USPS container was provided and the Kessler employee team did an outstanding job filling up the container with 100 lbs. of food.  “We appreciate the support of Kessler Creative and value their participation in this partnership,” said Gornik.

Good News - Northeast FL PCC's 9th Annual Golf Tournament

Team Strategy – L-R:  Manager Post Office Operations (3) Ken Brantley, retired GFA District Finance Manager Paul Apolinario, Manager Post Office Operations (5) Keith Pierle, and Manager Post Office Operations (2) Ron Jarrell.

With over 90 golfers, the Northeast Florida Postal Customer Council (PCC) held its 9th Annual Richard J. McKillop Memorial Golf Tournament at St. John’s Golf & Country Club in St. Augustine, FL.  This annual event is sponsored by the NE FL PCC in honored of the third longest serving Jacksonville postmaster, Richard J. McKillop.

A slight rain drizzle kept the participants cool as they maneuvered the golf course.  PCC Industry Co-Chair Dan Lawlor, along with other board members, coordinated a truly awesome and grand event with great networking opportunities for the attendees.  “What was so exciting about this year’s tournament was the surprise visit of Spiderman in recognition of the Postal Service’s Spiderman promotion,” stated Jacksonville Postmaster Debbie Gornik.  “Spiderman was the star of the event.”   GFA District Retail Manager Robin Lang escorted Spiderman to pose for photos with the golfers and visitors alike.  It was never determined if this was the real Spiderman or an imposter because this Spiderman genuinely had the authentic poses and went so far as to cling to a golf cart.  Voila!  Many of the district leadership team and other postal employees joined the many participants from the business community to make this a successful event.

Spiderman w/volunteers – L-R:  Business Service Network Representative Rachelle Gilliard, Business Service Network Representative Karen Bridger, District Retail Manager Robin Lang, Spiderman, Customer Relations Coordinator (A) Dee Carter, PCC Treasurer/Executive Board Member  Becky Frank, and PCC Board Member Muriel Bremer.

JAX Lake Shore’s “Fantastic Four”

From left to right: Debbie Gornik, Postmaster, Richard Meyers , Leonard Graham ,
Ralph Cook, Pat West, and Charlotte Cutlip, Manager CS.

With an accumulation of 11,000 hours of sick leave and 148 years of service between them, Lake Shore's Fantastic Four has earned well-deserved accolades and recognition for maintaining outstanding excellent sick leave records.  "These employees have demonstrated their dedication to the United States Postal Service by providing continuous excellent service to our customers with remarkable commitment.  It is rewarding to recognize each of one them for their exceptional sick leave performance, " stated Jacksonville Postmaster Debbie Gornik.

Their respective sick leave hours and years of service are:  City Letter Carrier Ralph Cook - 33 yrs, 3000 sick leave hrs; City Letter Carrier Richard Meyers - 37 yrs, 2000 sick leave hrs; Distribution Clerk Angela "Pat" West - 37 yrs, 2500 sick leave hrs; and City Letter Carrier Leonard Graham, 41 yrs, 3500 sick leave hrs.  Kudos to the "Fantastic Four."

Savannah’s Oglethorpe Station Passport Fair

Seated- Taquara Johnson (PSE), Kimberly Lloyd-Scriven (204B), Patricia Anderson (SCS);
standing- Jacqueline Berger (SSDA), Harry Lemon (PSE)

Savannah Georgia, Oglethorpe Station - The temperature on the outside was in the low 70s and sunny, but on the inside it was sizzling hot during a recent passport fair.  The Saturday fair, which was held right after normal window hours, generated $3,150 in just two hours. The SSAs processed 96 regular passports and 22 renewal passports, generating $2,400. They also collected an additional $750 in passport photo fees to add to the grand total. 

“It was a golden opportunity to serve our customers and the employees did an excellent job,” said Savannah Postmaster Denise Holguin.

Seated – Taquara Johnson (PSE), Kimberly Lloyd-Scriven (204B), Fay Overton-Lucas (SSDA);
standing – Jacqueline Berger (SSDA), Harry Lemon (PSE)

Taquara Johnson (PSE), Harry Lemon (PSE)