Perfect Attendance

Special recognition goes to Rutha Johnson and Cynthia Masterson, two cleaners from Heidi Murdoch’s commercial division,  for not missing a single day of work all year in 2005.  This is an outstanding achievement!  Thank you, Rutha and Cynthia, for your dedication and hard work!  You both should be very proud of this great accomplishment.   

 

 

Healthy Habits

Our Caterpillar customer in Pontiac, IL is sponsoring a wellness program.  Part of that program was the NASCAR Walking Program that both Caterpillar and VSI employees participated in.  The VSI team called themselves The CBS Girls and won first place.  The team consisted of Cindy Livengood, Barb Rieger and Sandi Hamilton.  The program lasted 12 weeks and, combined, the CBS Girls walked 2,283.79 miles!  Sandi Hamilton stated that she and her team members walked an average of 7-10 miles a day on their jobs as material handlers and if they didn’t, they made up their lost miles after work by walking the dog or walking with family members.  This is how they were able to win first place!  Sandi said that she and her team members have firmed up many of their muscles and that she has noticed her husband feels better since he started walking with the dog after work.  Congratulations, Cindy, Barb and Sandi on practicing and spreading good health habits! 

 

Great Job

Heidi Murdoch, District Manager, wishes to thank her cleaner at Busey Bank, Carla McKnight, for achieving an outstanding quality assurance score of 98.23%!  Kudos as well to Heidi Murdoch.  Great job, Carla and Heidi!

 

 

Gaining Customer Respect

Bob Weiss, VSI Facility Manager at Kraft, would like to give very big “thank you” to all his employees who participated in Kraft’s Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Campaign.  Even though they were all headed home when the customer asked for their help, they happily complied.  Bob reports that we continue to gain the customer’s respect one step at a time, and that this is a perfect example.  Way to go VSI Kraft crew, you make all the difference!        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Get to Know...

Lupe Castro is the Facility Manager at ALCOA, Davenport Works, and has been with VSI for about six years.  He was born in Texas and raised in Chicago, IL with his two brothers and four sisters.  Lupe most admires his father because no matter how difficult times were for the family, his father taught him to never give up.  Lupe enjoys working on his house and his son’s car that his son recently saved up for.  Lupe is very proud of his strong family and enjoys taking care of them.

 

 

 

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