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What is the Goodwill Way? Well, it’s how we do things and how we define who we are—basically it’s how we work together at Goodwill. We have these things called guiding principles that help direct our actions. They are: Inspired by People, Power of the Whole and Results Matter. These three principles are at the heart of what we do each and every day.
These are new concepts for all of us; staff and participants alike. Looking for ways to simplify and recognize these guiding principles was important to us. Over the course of several participant council meetings, we tackled each principle and determined how we interpret it and what we can do to demonstrate our knowledge of it.
Participants, with the help of staff, simplified the guiding principles to make better sense of them:
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Last summer, Kathy, one of our Day Services Recreation Assistants, spent a Saturday walking around Madison Art on the Square in Madison, WI. This is a neat event where vendors display and sell their works of art.
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At Goodwill we believe the power of work transforms lives, and we also believe the power of exercise does too! That’s why our team at the Day Service Center in Waukesha has started a weekly walking challenge for our participants!
Our center is very lucky to have Recreation Assistant, John Megan, who is an active runner and coach. So, it was not a surprise when John presented this idea to us. This friendly competition began as a way to increase our participants’ physical activity, develop awareness of healthy lifestyle choices, and increase interactions with their peers.
Now through the end of May each participant who chooses to take the walking challenge will wear a pedometer and earn points. Each week they can walk with John individually or as a group. It’s completely up to them. The points are tracked and then logged on a chart that is displayed in our program area for all to see.
Not only will our participants enjoy the benefits of walking, they will also benefit from a sit down session with John to discuss other healthy lifestyles such as drinking water, eating the right foods, getting a good night sleep, and personal hygiene.
Almost all of our program participants have joined the challenge, which is great. We do, have one special participant who is taking this challenge very seriously. Her name is Alissa. She loves that John started the walking challenge and enjoys seeing her points accumulate on the chart each week. Most of all, she enjoys being cheered on by her friends and staff members as she walks!
Each person who participates in the walking challenge will receive a prize and the top point earners will be given an award. It’s so encouraging to me to see our participants get excited about fitness, and so fun to witness their competitive spirits. If you’d like to learn more about activities at our Waukesha Day Service Center feel free to send me an email at jennifer.ott@goodwillsew.com.
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