USPS Retiree E-Newsletter: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Open Season and more…

Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn into cancer. While breast cancer is most often found in women, men can get breast cancer too About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in…

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USPS: Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink Friday, Oct. 19

The Postal Service is inviting employees to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink Friday, Oct. 19. Wear Pink Day aims to raise awareness of the disease and to honor survivors and those who have died. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American women, according to the National Cancer…

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Pink solidarity – USPS promotes breast cancer awareness

The Postal Service is inviting employees to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink Friday, Oct. 20. Wear Pink Day aims to raise awareness of the disease and honor survivors and those who have died. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American women, according to the National Cancer Institute….

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USPS: Stamp highlights breast cancer awareness

The Postal Service is celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed nationally every October, by highlighting its semipostal research stamp. The Breast Cancer Research stamp is available year-round on usps.com and has raised more than $86 million since its issuance in 1998. Sales of the semipostal stamp help raise breast cancer research funds for the National…

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USPS-approved shirt to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Employees can order a USPS-approved shirt to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The shirt meets this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month guidelines, which the USPS Ethics Office developed with input from a team of representatives from multiple Postal Service departments. The guidelines are now available on the office’s Blue page. The shirt,…

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USPS invites employees to wear pink Oct. 26

Reminder: The Postal Service is inviting employees to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink Oct. 26. “Wear Pink Day” aims to raise awareness of the disease, along with the Breast Cancer Research stamp, which has raised more than $83 million since its inception in 1998. Employees who participate are required to follow their…

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USPS: Stamp helps fund breast cancer research

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Postal Service is reminding customers that a special stamp purchase can help fund breast cancer research. The 60-cent Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp is available year-round and sold in sheets of 20. Semipostal stamps are sold at a surcharge to raise money for specific causes. More than…

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USPS: Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Employees support the cause

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a national campaign to increase the awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research. Postal employees from across the nation have been showing their support for the campaign in creative ways this year. Female Wyckoff, NJ, letter carriers wear special pink shirts each Wednesday in October for…

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