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The Kerr family, owners of the Northwest Side's new Goin' Postal Tucson shipping center franchise, is reaching out to a community dear to their hearts — deaf Tucsonans.
All three employees — members of the same family — at Goin' Postal Tucson, 1980 W. River Road, Suite 140, know American Sign Language and the store has Video Relay Service — both of which make it much easier for deaf people to communicate, said Bruce Kerr, 51.
Video Relay Service enables hearing impaired people who use American Sign Language to communicate with hearing telephone users through video equipment.
Kerr's wife, Shelby, 35 — who is deaf and also has cerebral palsy — is trying to let people in the deaf community know that Goin' Postal Tucson can accommodate their needs, Bruce Kerr said.
Anne Levy, executive director of the Community Outreach Program for the Deaf in Tucson, said the business's emphasis on helping the deaf community is pretty unique for a local business franchise such as this.
And Shelby's co-ownership of Goin' Postal Tucson is a "good model for deaf people to know what they can do," she said.
The store's services include shipping and packing, notary services, laminating, passport photos and mailbox rentals, the Kerrs' son and store manager David said.
David, 20, said he likes working with his family. "It's easy to work with family, and it's easy to stay busy."
Customers at Goin' Postal Tucson can use UPS, United States postal services, Federal Express or DHL Worldwide Express for carrier services.
The business also doesn't mark up the price of postal stamps, David Kerr said.
For Bruce Kerr, opening Goin' Postal Tucson on Sept. 21 was a change in his life's path.
After working in the electronic security field for 30 years, medical problems forced him to find a new job.
He began looking at franchises that he could run with his family and decided on Goin' Postal Tucson, a mailing services provider, because he wanted to run a business Shelby could do with him.
"I started it for them," Kerr said, gesturing toward his wife and son, "so if something happened to me, she could have an income and he could have a future."
For more information on Goin' Postal Tucson, call 888-7678.
The Kerr family, owners of the Northwest Side's new Goin' Postal Tucson shipping center franchise, is reaching out to a community dear to their hearts — deaf Tucsonans.
All three employees — members of the same family — at Goin' Postal Tucson, 1980 W. River Road, Suite 140, know American Sign Language and the store has Video Relay Service — both of which make it much easier for deaf people to communicate, said Bruce Kerr, 51.
Video Relay Service enables hearing impaired people who use American Sign Language to communicate with hearing telephone users through video equipment.
Kerr's wife, Shelby, 35 — who is deaf and also has cerebral palsy — is trying to let people in the deaf community know that Goin' Postal Tucson can accommodate their needs, Bruce Kerr said.
Anne Levy, executive director of the Community Outreach Program for the Deaf in Tucson, said the business's emphasis on helping the deaf community is pretty unique for a local business franchise such as this.
And Shelby's co-ownership of Goin' Postal Tucson is a "good model for deaf people to know what they can do," she said.
The store's services include shipping and packing, notary services, laminating, passport photos and mailbox rentals, the Kerrs' son and store manager David said.
David, 20, said he likes working with his family. "It's easy to work with family, and it's easy to stay busy."
Customers at Goin' Postal Tucson can use UPS, United States postal services, Federal Express or DHL Worldwide Express for carrier services.
The business also doesn't mark up the price of postal stamps, David Kerr said.
For Bruce Kerr, opening Goin' Postal Tucson on Sept. 21 was a change in his life's path.
After working in the electronic security field for 30 years, medical problems forced him to find a new job.
He began looking at franchises that he could run with his family and decided on Goin' Postal Tucson, a mailing services provider, because he wanted to run a business Shelby could do with him.
"I started it for them," Kerr said, gesturing toward his wife and son, "so if something happened to me, she could have an income and he could have a future."
For more information on Goin' Postal Tucson, call 888-7678.