Published March 7, 2010  Submitted by: Rebekah

The U.S. Postal Service uses a fleet of 221,000 vehicles to deliver the mail each day.  They deliver mail in a number of ways:  bicycles, three-wheeled electric cars, electric vehicles, mule trains, subways, helicopters, planes and street cars. Ten thousand letter carriers never get in a vehicle at all.

The U.S. Postal Service also helps communities through drives and partnerships. 

• 900 million pounds of food collected through the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive in May
• 148 missing children returned to their families in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Valassis
• $62 million collected for breast cancer research with the Breast Cancer Research Stamp

More facts can be found at the USPS Postal Facts Web site.