Working together to fund the cure

Last week, Hunter Security was mailing 2012 calendars to their customers. Sharon Huton, a representative from the company, called the Daphne Post Office to see if 2,000 84-cent stamps were available for purchase.

Daphne Postmaster Kelly Jones checked, but she didn't have that many 84-cent stamps in stock.

"Do you have 4,000 44-cent stamps?" Sharon asked Kelly. The company was in a hurry and was willing to pay a little extra to ensure that the calendars had enough postage.

Kelly told her that yes, they did have that many 44-cent stamps in stock and then asked, "Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month?"

Sharon said that she did indeed and that many women employed at Hunter had been stricken with the disease.



Hunter Security Representative Sharon Huton purchasing Breast Cancer Awareness stamps in Daphne, Alabama

 From here, we'll let Kelly tell the rest of the story:

"I asked if she would be interested in paying 11 cents additional for each stamp and that the $ .11 goes towards breast cancer research.

She said, "I have to ask the boss, would you like to hold?" I said sure.

She came back and said that her boss, Scott Hunter, said that it was okay.

$2200.00 was sold by one of my clerks on behalf of all Daphne employees."

That just goes to show that our customers want to help find a cure for breast cancer as much as we do: sometimes, all we have to do is to ask for their help.

A big thank you to Hunter Security in Daphne and to Postmaster Kelly Jones for sharing this great story and the picture with us.