- Planning ahead for the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit
- Registration begins next week for fall exercise programs
- Try the YMCA with the new More Energy program
- Note cards now available from UPMC Print Shop
- Children’s art contest promotes health and wellness
- PTO awarded to UPMC blood donors
- Community Benefits Report: Did you know?
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The upcoming G-20 international summit to be held downtown at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Thursday, Sept. 24, and Friday, Sept. 25, will impact some UPMC operations. Although we won’t know the extent of the impact on traffic, transportation, and security operations until a week or two before the event, we need to make contingency plans now to assure that UPMC is open to serve the health care needs of our region.
If you work in locations outside the city
Plan ahead and stay posted
If you are in a location affected by the summit, do not schedule crucial
deliveries to arrive Thursday, Sept. 24, or Friday, Sept. 25. Managers
will be requesting staff to update their contact information on My
HUB. Specific information about traffic or travel restrictions, parking
issues, and security arrangements will not be available until the days
preceding the summit.
Staff can sign up for e-mail alerts about traffic and security restrictions on Infonet.
The summer session of the UPMC MyHealth worksite exercise program will begin Monday, Sept. 21. Online registration will be available for UPMC employees beginning Monday, Aug. 31. For a complete listing of class descriptions, class schedule, and terms and conditions, visit the worksite exercise programs site on Infonet. Or, go to My HUB, click on the Human Resources tab, and select MyHealth/MyFlex Advantage and then select “See all the Healthy Steps.”
UPMC Health Plan has partnered with the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh on the More Energy program, offering UPMC employees the opportunity to purchase a $50 punch card that can be used 10 times at any of the 11 YMCA facilities in the Greater Pittsburgh area. The More Energy Day Passes can be used between Sept. 21 and Dec. 31, 2009, and you can purchase the cards beginning Monday, Aug. 31.
Read the Sept. 4 issue of Extra or visit MyHealth on Infonet for more details. Or, beginning Aug. 31, go to My HUB, click on the Human Resources tab, select MyHealth/MyFlex Advantage and then choose “See all the Healthy Steps.”
The UPMC Print Shop now offers a convenient way to obtain note cards and matching envelopes in two styles for use by UPMC departments.
The generic note card has the UPMC logo centered on the front panel, with blank inside panels. The sympathy note card has a front panel with the words “In Sympathy,” with blank inside panels.
Both styles are 5.5 by 4.25 inches, fold down from the top, and come with black type on off-white stock. Matching envelopes can be ordered separately with the option of a customized return address.
Note cards and envelopes are ordered on demand from the Print Shop. The minimum quantity is 250. For instructions to order and the order form, go to the Stationery site on Infonet, and click on On-Demand Note Cards. For more information, call 412-647-3248.
UPMC Health Plan is sponsoring a series of five art contests for children ages 5 through 11. Each contest will focus on a different health or wellness topic.
The first topic, “Healthy Eating,” will feature children’s thoughts on what healthy eating is and how they practice proper nutrition. The deadline to return submissions to designated Wellness Committee members is Sept. 18, so don’t delay.
Winning artwork from each UPMC facility will be used in posters designed by UPMC Health Plan and distributed at UPMC. Each artist of a featured poster, as well as the artist’s parent or guardian, will receive a free day at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in spring 2010.
Visit MyHealth on Infonet for rules, consent forms, contact information, and art contest template.
If you donated blood this past fiscal year, your earned paid time off (PTO) hours will appear in your PTO bank Friday, Aug. 28. You may use that time beginning Aug. 30. UPMC staff who donated blood three times between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 will receive eight PTO hours. Those who donated six times will receive 16 PTO hours.
Did you know? While UPMC is a tax-exempt organization, we pay taxes on our for-profit businesses and other activities, and make voluntary payments to support municipal government. In 2008, UPMC paid more than $24 million in property, parking, and business taxes and contributions to the state and municipal coffers. The region’s tax revenues also are bolstered by the estimated $96 million in taxes paid by UPMC employees.
To learn more about the many unique and diverse ways in which UPMC serves western Pennsylvania and its people, review the UPMC Community Benefits Report, Fiscal Year 2008.
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Aug. 28, 2009