OCB repeats to retain Wellness Spoon
--DAS Office of Employee Services, October 2005

The DAS Office of Collective Bargaining held onto the DAS/OIT Wellness Spoon by capturing the Holiday Food Basket 10K Challenge.

More than $700 was raised for the Holiday Food Basket Campaign thanks to entry fees donated by DAS/OIT employees participating in the third walking competition sponsored by the DAS/OIT wellness team.

Out of the 186 employees participating in the 28-day competition, 58 participants achieved the goal of walking at least 10,000 steps a day, which is approximately five miles. The goal-reachers were honored at an Oct. 24 ceremony.

The OCB team won the competition for collectively achieving the highest percentage of the goal – 93.4 percent, which allowed OCB to retain the DAS/OIT Wellness Spoon it captured by winning the spring walking competition.

Placing second was the team from the DAS Human Resources Division with 87.4 percent. Trailing close behind was the OIT Investment and Governance team at 85.9 percent and the DAS Administrative Support Division team at 85.8 percent.

The overall winner was Tenette Blaising of the General Services Division who achieved 224.9 percent of the goal. She was awarded a new trophy, the Golden Shoes. Also recording steps more than double the goal were runner-up Nnamdi Anene of ASD, 210.7 percent; and Chris Wilkin, OIT IGD, 203.7 percent.

The participants reaching the goal (with the percentage verses goal met by the other top 10 finishers) were as follows:

DAS Administrative Support Division – Margaret Anaba, Anene, Mark Cherry, George Holliman, Robin Lynch, Al Powell, John Verdes (10th place, 156.6 percent).

DAS General Services Division – Nancy Baumer, Blaising, Mark Hutchison, Cindy Kelly, Kim Murray, Jessie Scott, Dawn Wyne.

DAS Human Resources Division – Sara Craven, Joe Hietter, Joseph Holliman, Paul Lebica, Clare Long, Marilyn Luckett-Blakemore, Barbara MacIvor, Jackie Masters (seventh place, 162.7) percent), Sandhya Nair, Patrick Paquin, Dan Santry, Randal Smith (sixth place, 176.8 percent), Camille Sullivan, Sally Wood.

DAS Office of Collective Bargaining – Ken Couch, Mike Duco, Jessie Keyes, John Kinkela, Amy Parmi, Connie Wood (fourth place, 196.2 percent).

OIT Investment and Governance Division – Curtis Brooks, Jean Carter, Jennifer Castle, Carolyn Chavanne, Barbara Edwards, Katrina Flory, Michael Gluck, Valery Johnson, Craig Johnston, Gus Maragos (eighth place, 159.7 percent), Jencie McCloud, Valerie Piccininni (ninth place, 159.1 percent), Roni Rowe, Pam Ward, Wilkin.

OIT Service Delivery Division – Walter Callahan, Vicki Curren (fifth place, 194.6 percent), John Kruithoff, Tom Landoll, George Padavick, Greg Pennington, Alicia Shipley.

The competition was sponsored by the DAS/OIT wellness team, which is a result of Governor Bob Taft’s Healthy Ohioans initiative. The members of the team are Gary Allbright, ASD; James Austin, Equal Opportunity Division; Brogle; Joseph Holliman, HRD; Jencie McCloud, IGD; Kathy Teeters and Angie Weis, both of the OIT Service Delivery Division; and Dawn Wyne, GSD.