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Administrator
8/31/2006 10:00:00 AM
To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Drew Von Bergen of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 202-662-2489 or vonbergen@nalc.org
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A Florida letter carrier who took his airboat and headed to Louisiana a year ago to help rescue Hurricane Katrina victims, was named today as National Hero of the Year by the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers.
NALC President William H. Young will present the National Hero of the Year award to Jim Osborne of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and five other awards for heroism and humanitarian efforts at a special ceremony Sept. 7 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Osborne, 48, a member of NALC Branch 1690 in West Palm Beach, Fla., who put aside delivering mail on Florida's East Coast to help rescue victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana with his airboat, was...
Full Story: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71546
To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Drew Von Bergen of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 202-662-2489 or vonbergen@nalc.org
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A Florida letter carrier who took his airboat and headed to Louisiana a year ago to help rescue Hurricane Katrina victims, was named today as National Hero of the Year by the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers.
NALC President William H. Young will present the National Hero of the Year award to Jim Osborne of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and five other awards for heroism and humanitarian efforts at a special ceremony Sept. 7 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Osborne, 48, a member of NALC Branch 1690 in West Palm Beach, Fla., who put aside delivering mail on Florida's East Coast to help rescue victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana with his airboat, was...
Full Story: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71546