UPI celebrated one more Annual Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) week in February. It began off a couple of years in the past when some staff heard about The Random Acts of Kindness Basis which has a mission to make kindness the norm in our faculties, workplaces, properties and communities. The mission straight pertains to one of many UPI Values – CARING. Subsequently, it was straightforward to get a gaggle of volunteers collectively and dedicate per week to advertise kindness and taking good care of one another.
This yr the initiatives included:
– Staff and their households baked and donated goodies that had been despatched to our our crews in MN, WI, MI, NY, IL, and WA. These staff in every location had the choice to maintain the kindness going ahead and will donate any sum of money that might then go in the direction of an area meals financial institution. With UPI matching our staff’ donations, we collected and donated $1,804 to meals banks.
– A Digital Kindness Board was created for anybody who wished to go away a shoutout or a thanks to their coworkers. Additionally a Toolbox Speak bringing consideration to psychological well being and methods to deal with it was despatched to our crews for his or her morning security conferences. We care about our individuals’s bodily and psychological well being and this Toolbox Speak was meant to carry consideration to the wellbeing of our staff and their buddies and households.
– Jerry Lueneburg, our Area Security Chief on the Rosalia mission, baked scrumptious pasties for the crew members. Anybody who’s labored with Jerry lengthy sufficient on a mission is aware of that he’s an awesome cook dinner who enjoys filling individuals’s stomachs. Staying protected with a contented is the best way to be!