Rural Carrier Priya Vera Jethu dons traditional attire from her native country of Suriname.
Lehigh Acres, FL, Post Office held a Diversity Day event to give employees the opportunity to familiarize
themselves with cultures and traditions of other countries.
Employees participated by
bringing a traditional food dish representative of their country of origin and
by wearing customary clothing. Others celebrated by creating colorful signs, featuring quotations from famous people and adorned with
flags from other nations.
Diversity is the one thing we
all have in common. We should celebrate it every day.
From left, Rural Carrier Jose Martinez (Puerto Rico) and Postmaster Kevin Buckley (USA).
From left, Rural Carriers Pamela Taylor (USA), Arlene Karicher (USA), Yadiel Guadarrama (Puerto Rico), Irma Naranjo (Cuba), Joel Vargas (Cuba), Jose Martinez (Puerto Rico), Priya Vera Jethu (Suriname) and Roosvelt Durosier (Haiti).
City Carrier Eumart Martinez prepares a chicken recipe from his native Puerto Rico.
Rural Carrier Jose Martinez (Puerto Rico) shows his hand-made sign featuring a quote from Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford, "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is a progress. Working together is success."
"We are a box of crayons,
each of us unique,
but when we get together,
the picture is complete."
