Last Wednesday, 87 Central Collision Center employees gathered in our new classroom at our Mokena location for our semi-annual
all company meeting. The meeting gave us a chance to welcome new employees,
learn more about our wellness program and hear about upcoming company events.
Patty Burke, human resources
manager for Central Collision, first explained the success of our wellness
program. In our inaugural year, 81% of Central Collision employees were fully
engaged in our pedometer program through Virgin HealthMiles. We also had 94% of
eligible employees participate in our health screenings, which is above the
best in class benchmark of 90%.
Burke also announced the results
from Central Collision’s Race to the Finish pedometer challenge. Central Collision of Peotone won the
challenge with 204,893 average steps per employee. Ten employees had more than
200,00 steps and the employee with the most steps had more than 300,00 steps.
Mike Caruso, president and owner of
Central Collision, then took the floor to announce upcoming events at Central.
Some Central’s favorite traditions take place in the fall, and the excitement
among employees was clear when Caruso announced them. Our annual chili cook-off
lets our employees showcase their cooking skills. Each location selects a
winner from its individual chili cook-off to compete in the all company
challenge. Employees sample all entries and vote for their favorite. Central
Collision’s winner then submits their winning recipe in the Frankfort Chamber
of Commerce Chili Cook-Off in January.
One of our most exciting days in
the fall is our annual Halloween costume. Each location picks a group costume
to dress up in and theme to decorate their office. Our management company
travels to each location on Halloween to judge on the following
categories: originality of theme,
creativity, effort, execution of overall theme, participation and office
decorations. New to the contest this year is a fan favorite category. Our judges
will pick an overall winner, but our Facebook fans will decide the fan favorite
by liking one of the location’s pictures in our Halloween album. Visit our
Facebook page to cast your vote later this month.
Our all company meeting helped us
reconnect and refocus before the end of the year. We are excited for our
upcoming wellness challenges and company events in the next few months. Thank
you to all of the employees who helped make this meeting a great success.
