Pembroke Pines Branch Employees Support Breast Cancer Research

  

Pembroke Pines Branch Letter Carrier John Desoto (right) helped organize a recognition event to honor Sales and Services Distribution Associate and Breast Cancer Survivor Raquel "Rocky" Gilles (left). Sales and Services Associates are selling the Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamps at a feverish pace to help find a cure for this disease.

 

These 65-cent self-adhesive semi-postal stamps are available year-round in sheets of 20 to help raise funds for breast cancer research. Each stamp is equal to the First-Class Mail one-ounce postage rate in effect at the time of purchase.

The amount the Postal Service contributes to breast cancer research is determined by the difference between the 65-cent purchase price and the First-Class Mail rate in effect at the time of purchase, minus any costs incurred by USPS. The distribution of the Postal Service contribution is specified by law, with 70 percent given to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent given to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.  More than one billion stamps have been sold since its inception in 1998, raising more than $87.8 million for breast cancer research.

Photo: Ray Chang