EVS
Congrats to Anita G., winner of the Artistic Excellence Award
Our own, Anita Gislason (from EVS), won the Artistic Excellence Award (1st place) and the People’s choice Awards at the ECRAC (East Central Regional Arts Council) Image Art Show in November 2015.
Her piece is called “Garden Gifts.”
Full story by Brielle Bredsten from the Mille Lacs Messenger
With a little encouragement from a friend, local artist Anita Danger Gislason of Ogilvie decided to enter a unique piece of artwork in this year’s IMAGE Art Show. The 29th annual East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) event was open to any artist residing in the Mille Lacs, Chisago, Kanabec, Isanti and Pine counties to display their work from Oct. 24 to Nov. 6.
The show honored some of the finest art in the area, including Gislason’s piece “Garden Gifts,” which took home the People’s Choice Award and won first place with the Artistic Excellence Award. The judges for the show were Mary Bruno and Lyz Wendlund. They both have a wide range of artistic skills and art show judging experience.
“I am so honored by this award,” Gislason said. “I am very thankful. It was a great experience and I enjoyed the show. The talent in this area is overwhelming, there are so many very talented people and this is a wonderful way for an artist to share with others.” …
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Marketing
Promoting Health and Wellness: Stay Happy. Stay Healthy
Monica Weets, an advertising rep for the Mille Lacs Messenger is starting a blog talking candidly about her weight-loss journey.
She has reached out to us asking Danna and Melissa for some dietitian information/articles that will be published relating to weight-loss.
Below is the first ad that will run next week. This week’s story:
Weight loss resolutions have been a part of my New Year’s vocabulary since my eldest son’s birth 28 years ago. On January 1 of each year, I was determined to drop pounds by adhering to a strict diet plan but by January 2, I had inhaled a bag of Oreos while lounging in my recliner staring at a plateful of fried chicken bones. Weight Watchers, the Grapefruit Diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet, Atkins, Slim-fast, low fat diets, I have tried them all and have failed miserably year after year.
Welcome 2016 and my new New Year’s resolution- ‘to get healthy’. Instead of feeding my desire to look good, middle aged aches and joint pain are screaming at me to lose weight for my wellbeing. My taste buds tell me to have that extra piece of chocolate cake but my knees say, “Do it and I’ll dropkick you back to 1988.” It’s time to change and this year, I will.
Rather than taking on this challenge in my private world, I’m going to live it out in front of the entire Messenger audience. Incentive, right? To achieve this, I am enlisting the help of FirstLight in Mora …
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Marketing
1st Baby of Kanabec County born on 1/5/2016
Congratulations to Dakota and Robert Peterson of Ogilvie, proud parents of Ryker born on 1/5/2016. FirstLight sponsors a $50 savings account for the first baby born each year.
This ad will be placed in the local papers (Times / Advertiser) and shared on social media.
Employee Wellness
WOW Tip of the Week – Tobacco
Did You Know…
- tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States? (Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- tobacco kills 480,000+ Americans each year, equivalent to 1,300+ people each day? (Source: American Lung Association)
- there are thousands of deadly chemicals in cigarettes-including cancer-causing chemicals, toxic metals and poisonous gases?
- Minnesota spends $2.06 billion annually in healthcare costs? (Source: American Lung Association)
- you can reverse many of the negative health effects of tobacco if you quit?
FirstLight has a tobacco cessation program in place to help our community quit tobacco-for good! Call 320-225-3356 if you are interested in learning more.
Admin, Marketing
Now Hiring Hospital and Clinic Lab Techs
Share the pride of working for one of Minnesota’s Top 150 workplaces with your family and friends!
We are looking to hire clinic and hospital laboratory technicians. Job Perks include:
– Joining a close knit family of FirstLight employees
– Job satisfaction that comes with meaningful patient interaction
– Career opportunities and development
– Rotating weekend schedules, working only every third weekend
– Sign on Bonus!
Learn more about the great career opportunities at FirstLight, click here.
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