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Wellness and Benefits
Keep Movin’ is BAAAACK
Better health is the best reward for a
healthy lifestyle but keeping track of
your activity could reward you with a
great prize this summer. BIW Benefits and
the Wellness Team is bringing Keep Movin’
back as a 2-month activity program for
BIW employees and families. You don’t
need to register—just track your physical
activity each day and record it on the
activity card. Record at least 15 hours each
month and you are eligible for the prizes.
Program flyers and activity cards will be
mailed to your home at the end of June.
Start recording your activity on July 6 and
continue until August 30. You can get
additional activity cards during lunch
and before/after shift. Find your wellness
team member or location below:
• Main Yard—Benefits Help Desk and
Employee Store
• CW—Hazel Baise
• EBMF—Deena Bennett
• Hardings—Jean Barnes
• James—Phil Coyne, Hazel Meserve,
Bill Shumaker
• BIP—Gerry Pepin
• CROF—Jessica Giancola, Nancy
Larsen, Linda Wood
Return the completed activity card to
one of these locations by September 8 and
you will be eligible for one of 10 prizes valued
at $50 (5 for a family member, 5 for a
BIW employee) and a Building Healthy
Ways water bottle (limit 2 per household).
BHWRemindsYou
DVDS OF LUNCHTIME TALKS AVAILABLE
Grand prizes for BIW employees
There are two $250 value grand prize drawings.
One is for a BIW employee who:
(1) meets the minimum activity requirements
and
(2) recruits a family member or coworker—someone
who has not participated
in the past—to participate
in Keep Movin’ and who meets the
minimum activity requirement.
The more recruits you get, the more
chances you have at the grand prize
(one entry per recruit).
The second grand prize is for a BIW
employee who participates in Keep Movin’
for the first time and meets the minimum
activity requirements.
Already active? Great—Keep Movin’!
Record your activity to be eligible for the $50
value prize drawings and a water bottle.
Make Keep Movin’ more fun by forming a
team and walk at lunch or compete against
another crew, team or co-workers and see
who can get the most recruits or the most
activity hours.
If you haven’t participated in Keep
Movin’ in the past, now is a good time to
start because new participants are entered in
the special grand prize drawing valued at
$250. If it has been awhile since you have
been active, talk with your doctor about
your plans for physical activity.
If you have questions about the program
call the Benefits Help Desk at ext. 2527,
email buildinghealthyways@gdbiw.com or
contact your wellness team member.
This spring, Building Healthy Ways and Mid Coast Hospital’s Department of Physical
Therapy presented a series of Lunch Time Active Health Talks geared towards increasing
activity levels and reducing injuries. Topics included: 1) Good Nutrition; 2) Sports
Nutrition and Exercise Physiology; 3) Strength Training and Associated Injuries; 4)
Speed, Endurance and Associated Injuries; 5) Motivation, Goal Setting and Planning
a Race; and 6) Golf Talk.
DVD’s of the series are available. If you haven’t already obtained one, you can
request a copy by email. Just click the Lunch Time Active Health Talk Series button
on the BIW Intranet home page or call the Benefits Help Desk at ext. 2527.
May 2009
Retirees
Dept.
Name
24-00 Sharon A. Patterson
34 Years, 8 Months
Program Manager, Materials
26-01 Joseph E. Miller
32 Years, 2 Months
Corporal
27-00 Paul E. Cote
15 Years, 1 Month
Preservation Tech III
50-00 Charles E. Thompson Jr.
26 Year, 6 Months
Shipfitter III
81-00 Edward M. Eaton
21 Years, 8 Months
Material Clerk III
86-00 Michael T. Hayes
26 Years, 10 Months
Technician III, Engineering
86-00 James C. Kerner
20 Years, 7 Months
Technician III, Engineering
86-00 Arthur W. Tomer
20 Years, 2 Months
Designer, 1st Class
87-00 Craig L. Whitman Jr.
31 Years, 9 Months
Engineer III, Project
Facelift (from pg. 4)
Other aspects of progress are underway,
including a systematic review and
repair of all roofing surfaces, siding
repairs and a variety of initiatives to
assess and optimize energy use. Most
improvements undertaken by Facilities
in the last six months have or will
result in cost savings over time, but
the safety aspects of the changes are
immediately beneficial.
Lean Manufacturing tells us that
junk gets in everyone’s way and dirt
compromises quality; we are happier
in a clean, well-kept environment and
more inclined to work with greater care
and attention. Stay tuned as Dan and
his folks continue to work towards
their future state vision.
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