MPS receives wellness award
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Public Service (MPS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera, Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia, recently announced it has received the Silver Award designation from the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA).
Maine Public Service Accepts WELCOA Silver Award – MPS Senior Vice President and Interim General Manager Lois Smith and the company’s Wellness Committee received an award from the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) for achieving silver-level excellence in a workplace wellness programming. MPS Wellness Committee members include, in front from left: Susan Brown, Kacey Hammond, Lois Smith, Gail Solomita, Joe Thibodeau and MPS President and COO Gerry Chasse. In back: Frank Smith, Pat Cote, Miles Williams, Gina LeBlanc-Eggert and Mike Eaton. Nola Amero was unavailable for the photo. Chasse congratulated all MPS employees and the MPS Wellness Committee for their outstanding efforts.
During 2011, MPS completed an extensive application that invited WELCOA to review their workplace wellness efforts, including executive support and implementing appropriate healthy lifestyles interventions. MPS scored the highest level of Silver designation, joining the ranks of many healthy workplaces in the nation.
According to Kacey Hammond, co-chairperson of the company’s wellness team, “MPS is committed to providing its employees with wellness programs and options to live healthier, while having fun in the process. Each year, MPS offers health risk assessments to help employees identify risks and determine ways to improve their wellbeing. The company provides healthy snacking options, educational programs and physical activities throughout the year, including an on-site introduction to Weight Watchers, anti-stress bingo with prizes, a company-sponsored softball team — to name a few.”
MPS Senior Vice President and Interim General Manager Lois M. Smith explained, “We are proud to be part of an elite cadre of organizations that have achieved this designation from the Wellness Council of America. We believe it is important to promote good health and wellbeing. By achieving this Silver level of excellence in workplace wellness programs, our organization is demonstrating its commitment to protecting and enhancing the health and wellbeing of our most valuable asset — all of our employees.”
