Holiday Packages - Addressing Packages

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Delores Killette
Vice President and Consumer Advocate, U.S. Postal Service
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(202) 268-7236

Delores J. Killette was named Consumer Advocate and vice president of Consumer Affairs in November 2005. In this role, she is responsible for representing the interests of the individual postal customer in all postal decision-making processes. She reports to the senior vice president of Customer Relations.

Killette’s organization analyzes all Postal Service performance systems and develops and manages external, independent measures of service performance and customer satisfaction. The Consumer Advocate also directs the Corporate Contact Center Program, a network of customer-facing call centers; the Corporate Privacy Program; and the Mail Recovery Centers. She also oversees a Field Support function providing information, guidance and training for district consumer affairs managers to assist in their customer relations responsibilities.

Killette, a 37-year Postal Service employee, served as the 39th postmaster of Washington, D.C. since 1999 — the city’s first postmaster of the 21st century. In this role, she led her service team to new heights in service performance and customer satisfaction. She was responsible for approximately 2,300 employees in 62 postal units, serving residents, businesses and local and federal government agencies throughout Washington D.C. Killette was an ardent member of the Washington Metro Postal Customer Council and co-chair of a very active Customer Advisory Committee. Additionally, she was instrumental in the restoration of the Government Mailers Advisory Council where she also served as postal co-chair for several years.

Earlier, Killette served as manager, operations programs support in the Baltimore district. She began her Postal Service career in 1968 as a distribution clerk in Baltimore, Maryland.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Killette has devoted many years to community and human service activities in the Baltimore metropolitan area, including serving as a court appointed special advocate for foster and special needs children, as well as leading a central Maryland Girl Scout troop for ten years.

Killette completed undergraduate studies in psychology and business administration at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Holiday Packages - Addressing Packages

In this video, Delores Killette from the United States Postal Service will demonstrate how to pack and ship holiday gifts.

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Delores Killette: Hi, I am Delores Killette from the United States Postal Service and I am sharing with you how to properly pack and ship holiday gifts. I would like to share with you now some guidelines for properly addressing packages.

Always print the address clearly. A complete address includes the recipient's name, post office box or street number, the street name, address, street, road; north, south, east, or west; the apartment number, and the city, state, and zip code. Remove or cross out any old address labels on any box that you are reusing.

Use the proper zip code. Zip codes can be found at usps.

com or you can call 1-800-ASK-USPS.

Always use a return address. It tells the post office where to return the mail, if it cannot be delivered.

Print the delivery and return address on the same side of the envelope or the package.

So that's how properly address packages. Next I would like to share some instructions for you for sending package to troops overseas.

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