West Palm Beach: 'Get Your Pink On'

Riviera Beach Station wins Honorable Mention Photo Category and winner of most employee involvement.

City Place Station – Best Photo Category for a Station – Photo Collage – Lower Left Corner, Valerie Carbone, Manager, Customer Service with daughter Chelsea

Article & Photos:  LuAnn Warner, Customer Relations Coordinator, West Palm Beach

“Get your pink on” was the common phrase used in West Palm Beach recently. EAS employees wore pink every Thursday during October to heighten awareness and show support for efforts to find a cure for breast cancer.  By the last Thursday in October, the enthusiasm spread to all employees in the branches and stations in the effort to fight for the cause. 

Joe Hawk, Manager, Customer Service, Wellington Station, shared his knowledge that even men are affected by breast cancer.  Joe’s father-in-law is a survivor of breast cancer.  Stories of survivors and stories of those who were remembered in the fight became commonplace throughout the city of West Palm Beach as employees freely spoke of the subject.  When Valerie Carbone, Manager, Customer Services, City Place Station’s daughter Chelsea asked her why she was wearing pink,  Valerie told her that it was in effort to create awareness for breast cancer. Chelsea soon was wearing the pink to her high school, where she was quizzed as to why she was wearing pink, spreading the awareness even further.

The friendly competition soon spilled over into the offices competing for Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp sales.  Palms West Station was the top achiever for stamp sales, increasing its sales 530% over SPLY, selling $450.45 of the stamps. Haverhill Branch increased its Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp sales 867.50% over SPLY, selling $425.70 of the stamps. Total stamp sales for the West Palm Beach offices were approximately $1642.85 for October.  

City Place Station won “Best Photos” for a station category, with Honorable Mention awarded to  Riviera Beach Station.  Cheryl Granville, A/Supervisor, Customer Service, Wellington Station, won Best Photo for a single photo.  

Cheryl Granville, Acting Supervisor, Customer Service, Wellington Station won Best Photo – Single Category

Palms West Branch – Top Breast Cancer Sales Winner – Employees showing support for survivors and honoring those who lost the fight.

Haverhill Station – 2^nd Place Breast Cancer Research Stamp Sales  - L to R: Suzette James, Supervisor, Customer Service; Jean Pierre Yves, Manager, Customer Service.