Missouri post office goes pink

The Joplin, MO Globe reports, "If you have an aversion to the color pink, you might want to avoid the Pierce City post office this month."

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so postal employees decorated the post office lobby with pink ribbons, pink teddy bears, and pink and white balloons. You can also get pink bagels, pink pins and pink emery boards according to an article by staff writer Wally Kennedy.

They're also selling lots of Breast Cancer Awareness stamps.

Postmaster Sharon Clark is quoted as saying, “If I sell $5,000 worth of stamps by the end of the month, I’m dyeing my hair pink.” Clark is a brunette and she’s a bit apprehensive about the possibility of a new do.

Shown above postal worker Eva Holland (left) and Postmaster Clark handing out goodies that they give away with the sale of breast cancer stamps.

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