Please follow this link to see who the winning bidders were from the silent auction. Thank you again to everyone who donated their time and talents to make this sale a success. Proceeds from the auction will help to pay for expenses from the employee banquet and other StarLight Committee sponsored events throughout the year.
To engage our community in their total well-being over the holidays, we will be promoting this fun community challenge: Healthy Over the Holidays Blackout Bingo.
The challenge starts Monday, November 20th and ends Sunday, December 31st. Completed sheets are due no later than January 9th. Only mark off one square per day.
This challenge was created for our community but employees are encouraged to participate!
The Employee Wellness Committee is sponsoring a new challenge: No Treat Fridays! Give up your typical treat on four Fridays starting November 24th – December 22nd for a chance to win a piece of All-Clad cookware! And watch for promotion of healthy snacks in our cafeteria.
The purpose of this is to encourage healthy snacking during a time filled with an overabundance of festive treats. So, enjoy the holidays but don’t forget to sneak in that healthy snack too!
The craft and Bake Sale/Silent Auction is going on upstairs in the meeting rooms today from 11:30-3:30. For off-site bids, please call ext. 3937 (employee gym) to bid.
If you are the winning bidder, please pick up your items at the end of the auction today at 3:30. If you are the winning bid from the off-site, you will receive your items tomorrow via inter office mail. All other winning bidders who are not able to pick up their items this evening by 4:30, at the latest, your items will remain in materials.
Payroll deduction forms will be available in the meeting rooms. If you are a winning bidder from the offsite, please print and interoffice mail forms as soon as you’re are able. The form is attached.
Thank you again to all who donated their time and talents to this sale. Make sure to stop in over your lunch and check out all of the great items!
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Our breast cancer awareness efforts continue by wearing PINK on Fridays in October.
Please wear PINK tomorrow, Friday October 27th! This is your last chance to ‘get caught’ by a member of the wellness committee to receive a little prize.
The American Cancer Society’s estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2017 are:
Facts on breast cancer from the American Cancer Society:
BUT…there is good news! Death rates from female breast cancer dropped 39% from 1989 to 2015. Since 2007, breast cancer death rates have been steady in women younger than 50, but have continued to decrease in older women.
These decreases are believed to be the result of finding breast cancer earlier through screening and increased awareness, as well as better treatments.
Time to get checked!
The StarLight Committee will be hosting a silent auction for all employees and crafters or bakers on November 13th. There are a lot of talented people in this organization so our hope is to encourage those with crafting/baking skills to donate to the committee and show off your creativity! Christmas cards, wreaths, sewing, home decor, soaps, baked goods… anything goes!! Items may be bought and donated as well.
We need you to sign up as individuals or groups via email by November 3rd to see who is interested in donating baskets, crafts and so on. Please email Katie Koppy, kkoppy@welia.org, with your name and your theme of basket or donation to sign up.
All baskets/other items are to be turned in to Materials Management by November 10th. Please have a dollar value amount placed on your donated items
All proceeds go into an account which helps to fund the annual employee banquet and various employee events throughout the year.
