District Manager Timothy Costello Expresses Gratitude to Employees in Thanksgiving Message

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and count our blessings, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you. 

Last year at this time, I made a career choice to move to South Florida to serve as your District Manager. Since then, I have had the pleasure of meeting many of you who work in our mail processing plants, Post Offices, finance units, stations/branches, and postal stores from Fort Pierce to Key West and most every location in between. I have noticed a common bond among all employees --- your unwavering dedication and commitment to our customers. I sincerely thank you for all that you do for our district and our organization.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I ask that you join me and reflect upon the comfortable life that our paychecks provide us. While we often may not think about the benefits that we earn every pay period, we have a generous employee benefits package that includes a retirement plan, Thrift Savings Plan, Flexible Spending Account, leave accrual programs, and pre-tax health insurance premiums. I’m grateful for these benefits and show my appreciation by being regular in attendance and by giving an honest day’s work for a fair day’s pay.

Thanksgiving also reminds me that our postal family demonstrates good corporate citizenship every day. Our collective commitment to the Combined Federal Campaign is a prime example.  Throughout the years, the CFC has become a powerful way for us to make donations to charities to help those individuals who are less fortunate in our community, across the country, and around the world. This year as you join relatives and friends around the Thanksgiving dinner table, I encourage you to think about how you can help others who truly are in need through the CFC. 

On Thanksgiving Day, we will join millions of Americans who indulge in a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and watch the Macy’s Parade and football games. To postal employees, November 22 signals the official start of the 2018 Holiday Season. Working together as a team --- a postal family --- I’m confident that we will continue to deliver the outstanding service that our customers have come to expect and to deserve from us.
 
May you and your family enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving!