Steward Recognition

By Terrence Lee Super, Fourth Vice President

I say this all the time, recognizing people is very important because it shows how much you appreciate what they do. Letter Carriers are the most trusted and appreciated workers in the United States of America. That is a powerful statement, and Letter Carriers deserve that title as being what I just mentioned. In my article this week I would like to reiterate my appreciation to my Stewards. I personally got recognition awards for each of them and had the awards engraved with a little something personal about each one. I couldn’t get pictures for all of them with their awards, but I presented awards also to the following not pictured stewards: Chief Shannon ‘Che’ Perez, and Zabryana James of Fairfield and Dilpreet Kaur of Livermore to Shelly Russell (center) of Fremont Irvington who won the Grand Prize (65-inch TV) in this year's MDA Fundraiser! She is pictured with Larry Sainz who gifted the ticket to her and Frances Swint the ticket seller.

For my new Stewards Dwayne Hunt of Walnut Creek, and Latritaha Ingram of Livermore, I got these awards before I appointed you as Stewards. I want to send a special thanks to you both for stepping up and doing one of the most difficult jobs, and that’s representing your fellow carriers. Thank you all for doing such an exemplary job in protecting your carriers, and to everyone out there be safe and thank you all for delivering America’s mail.

Second Place Oakland A's 18-person suite won by Oakland Carrier Xiaorong Li.

Cash prize of $100 each won by VP Francisco Cabrera, Steward Maria Tavares and Mann Lee. Both VP Cabrera and Steward Tavares donated their prizes back to MDA.

Branch 1111 donated $7,516.36. to MDA with the proceeds from the raffle ticket sales.

Great job to everyone who sold and purchased tickets this year!