Tracy Franseen, manager of post office operations for northwest Wisconsin, approached Mikula about the possibility of organizing a uniform exchange for postal workers in the district.

Like any loyal employee of the U.S. Postal Service, Mikula delivered.

She got the program off to a strong start serving folks in the 547 and 548 area codes. As word got around, what Mikula named the Postal Clothing Closet grew and attracted attention in regional and national Postal Service newsletters and blogs.

As a result, the tiny post office in the unincorporated Dunn County hamlet of Sand Creek (population: 175) has become the bustling hub of the postal clothing world.

"Pretty soon I was getting boxes and boxes of stuff," she said. "It's been crazy. I'm sure I'm a lot busier than a lot of bigger post offices."

As volume increased, so did the amount of space in her post office Mikula had to devote to the donated clothing and accessories. She now has three large racks of clothing with about 300 carrier slacks, 500 clerk shirts and many other items, all sorted by style and size.