Why SPAC? Why Now?

Why SPAC? Why Now?
By Jane Finley
NAPS Auxiliary Southeast Area Vice President

I pondered how to provide inspiring words of support for SPAC and why the fund should be everyone’s priority in the context in which we find ourselves. The time is now! The need is greater now than ever in our recent history.

I point to the National Auxiliary’s long-standing and untiring dedication to providing support to NAPS and our fundraising efforts to support the senators and representatives who have proven to support NAPS’ agenda: protecting and defending the benefits of supervisors, managers and postmasters. These are the “boots on the ground,” serving the American people seven days a week as duty calls.

I hope you reread the columns in the May issue of The Postal Supervisor. NAPS President Ivan D. Butts articulated the 2025 DOGE team’s focus on the USPS and the urgency for action. Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore’s column, “The Mail Is Not for Sale,” and Jordanna Garland’s article, “Mail for All,” stirred in me the urgency of why “now” is so important.

I hope you found great value and a call to action in the reminders that we (active and retired USPS employees and our families) are under attack by the administration that we, the American people, elected to lead our country and restore the freedom on which we were founded.

A strong SPAC is built on everyone’s contributions. The fund is our most powerful tool to resist and take a proactive part against this attack. Our NAPS officers’ presence on Capitol Hill is a key factor in educating lawmakers and working to elect champions of the USPS who understand the importance of universal mail service to the American people. Privatizing the USPS is not the answer!

SPAC also is a way to remind Congress that we have a voice and a vote, with the desire to preserve this right that is the vital network of communication for the American people and the only way this service can remain affordable.

I encourage each NAPS branch to support their local auxiliary and encourage family members to join the auxiliary as we focus on increasing our fundraising efforts in support of SPAC.

There is power in numbers. We need “all hands on deck.”