STATE EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN (SECC)

The State Employees Charitable Campaign (SECC) provides financial contributions for over 600 health and human service agencies throughout Arizona, the nation, and abroad. These non-profit organizations provide education and services regarding health and wellness, family conseling, food kitchens and shelter for the homeless, helping children in crisis, and assisting the elderly. Between 1990 and 2003, state employees pledged over $11,000,000 to SECC. An average of .94¢ of every dollar donated went directly to support charitable agency programs and services. For more information, visit the SECC website at www.azsecc.com

A few of the participating agencies include:

• Arizona Army Reserve Components/National Guard Emergency Relief Fund
• Employees Helping Employees, Inc.
• Project Challenge Foundation
• American Red Cross
• Boy and Girls Scouts of America
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Diabetes Trust Fund
• AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
• Breast Cancer Foundation, The Susan G. Komen

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WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK

Eat the Foods YOU Like and Still Lose Weight!

The DEMA Weight Watchers at Work program is ongoing, as long as at least 18 people sign up for the first session.

Last year DEMA Weight Watchers lost over 200 pounds! We can do it again with your support. Did you know studies show that people who lose weight with the support of others have a greater success rate than those who go it alone? Let's go it together!

The Weight Watchers class is offered from 11:00-12:00, 11:30-12:30 or from 12:00-1:00 on Monday through Friday, depending on a group consensus of meeting time and date. Feel free to bring your lunch to class.This program is being made available to all DEMA employees regardless of status.

Weight Watchers At Work (10 - 1 hour sessions): The rates listed below apply for State of Arizona "at work" groups from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. The fee includes materials.

Weeks 1-10 = $59 copay
Weeks 11-20 = $59 copay
Weeks 21+ = $59 copay

Spouses and dependents are welcome to attend Weight Watchers classes at a copay of $90 per ten-week session, plus a $10 charge for materials at the first session they attend.

If you, your spouse or dependents are interested in joining our DEMA Weight Watchers Program to help take off those annoying extra pounds or to learn more about eating healthy foods and about keeping off the extra weight, please contact Nichole Fortson in the State Personnel Office at: 602-267-2807 or email nichole.fortson@azdema.gov. Top

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Chances are that you or someone you know will be, or has been, touched by breast cancer. In order to help make this disease a thing of the past, each year in October and November, DEMA participates in the Making Strides for Breast Cancer campaign. During the 2002 campaign DEMA collected over $800. With your help and support we can make the 2004 campaign even more successful!

There are several ways you can help show your support during the campaign:

• Walk with TEAM DEMA on the day of the event
• Donate money (any amount). Donations are tax deductible and may be made in cash or check (make checks payable to the American Cancer Society).
• Pick up a pledge card from the DEMA State Personnel Office, or from any breast cancer representative, and collect pledges from family, friends, coworkers, and others. Bring the pledge cards and collected money to the registration booth on the day of the event.
• Purchase a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer t-shirt. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Stop by the DEMA State Personnel Office anytime to view t-shirts from previous campaigns or during the campaign to purchase a t-shirt. Top

CAPITOL RIDESHARE

Capitol Rideshare is a program which provides State employees with information and assistance about ridesharing or using alternate modes of travel to commute to work. Capitol Rideshare matches up carpoolers, helps form vanpools, provides bus routing and bus subsidy information, and distributes bike maps, incentives, and related alternate mode information.

The Capitol Rideshare website is located at www.capitolrideshare.com. Please visit their website to check out the wide variety of programs and services offered free of charge, to all State employees in Maricopa County.

For more information about DEMA's rideshare program, please contact Ward Gibbard in the State Personnel Office at 602-267-2642.

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GEM AWARD

The Gem Award is a three part carbon copy form, established to recognize DEMA employees for their commendable display of any of the following:

• Going above and beyond
• Quality work
• Customer service
• Team spirit
• Other

The GEM Award may be given by any DEMA employee to another DEMA employee.

• Sample GEM Award

Distribution is as follows:

• White- Recipient
  
• Yellow- Recipient's Supervisor
  
• Pink- Recipient's Personnel file

To obtain the three part GEM award please call the DEMA State Personnel Office at 602-267-2807. Top

MWR

Moral Welfare and Recreation Office (MWR) Top

AMERICAN RED CROSS "TOGETHER WE PREPARE " TRAINING

The Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) is proud to be the first state agency to participate in the Together We Prepare the Workplace” training. Launched by the American Red Cross, Together We Prepare is a nationwide initiative to help communities prepare for emergencies and disasters before they happen. Our goal is to train approximately 6400 DEMA employees located throughout the state of Arizona. The training will ensure that DEMA employees secure their safety both at home and in the workplace and the safety of their families. This level of preparedness will allow them to work effectively as front line responders in the event of a state disaster or emergency event.

The 90 minute interactive training session will focus on two critical prepardness areas to help employees stay prepared with valuable lifesaving skills:

• 1) Overall on-site emergency/disaster planning and prepardness, focused on communication and response
  
• 2) First Aid Response- Conscious choking; breathing emergencies; shock, bleeding, burns; allergic reactions; and injuries

Topics Include:

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Bleeding
Shock
Muscle and Joint Injuries
Burns
Warning Sign of Heart Attack, Stroke and Cardiac Arrest

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• 1) First Aid and Prepardness participant's booklet
  
• 2) Safety Tube

Contact Information for the Together We Prepare training for DEMA State Employees:

• PAPAGO | Phoenix training FMO is unscheduled at this time. Contact Bob Stockman 602-267-2830
• Project Challenge | Phoenix training is scheduled for the end of June or beginning of July in the TAC Alley. Contact Sandi Smith 480-988-4100 x205
• Sky Harbor | Phoenix training is scheduled for Thursday, June 10 at 6:30 AM in the Civil Engineering Theater of building 6. Contact David Castro 602-302-9272
• Camp Navajo | Bellmont training is unscheduled at this time. Contact LTC Market 928-773-3229
• 162nd CES | Tucson training is unscheduled at this time. Contact CMSgt Nikki Uremovich 520-295-6263

The “Together We Prepare ” training is mandatory for all civilian and military DEMA employees. Top