Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Mission Health named one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America


Mission Health has been named one of Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America for 2017.

Employee Engagement has gained significant attention during the last decade as one of the most important drivers of organizational success, and accordingly, mission success.  Forbes Magazine defines employee engagement as “the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.” An engaged employee is invested in their work, and in their employer’s mission. The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America Award demonstrates Mission Health’s commitment to recruit and retain the best and the brightest team members at all levels 

Employee engagement is no longer a buzz-phrase, but a practical and valuable tool that contributes significantly to effective team creation, profitability, clarity of mission, and organizational success. This award means that Mission Health has itself invested in creating a professional environment where every team member is clear about what they are striving for – including Mission Health’s BIG(GER) Aim: “to get every person to their desired outcome, first without harm, also without waste, and always with an exceptional experience for each person, family and team member.”  

“Employee experience remains a top priority for employees in 2017,” observed David Brennan, Achievers general manager. “The impressive Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Award winners are using rewards and recognition to foster positive, engaged, productive workplaces. We’re excited to learn from them and honor their accomplishments.”
Taylor Foss, Senior Vice President, Organizational Transformation for Mission Health, said that she appreciates the recognition, especially because Mission Health was chosen via a blinded application process.  “We are delighted and incredibly proud to have received this honor for our work in supporting, challenging and engaging our valued team members as we strive to be a progressive workplace,” said Foss. “It demonstrates objectively that we have tapped into our team members’ innate enthusiasm by nurturing, utilizing, and recognizing their unique and special talents, and by using their gifts within the context of Mission Health’s most important work – to help our patients be well, get well, and stay well,” she said. “Every day, our teams put our BIG(GER) Aim into action, and we are so pleased to see their efforts recognized in this way.”

Mission Health and other honorees will be recognized at the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards Gala to be held on September 11, 2017, at the historic Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, LA as part of the Achievers Annual Customer Experience Conference.


Folk Heritage Committee announces dates for Shindig on the Green and Mountain Dance Folk Festival

The Folk Heritage Committee announces its summer 2017 dates for two celebrated mountain traditions in Asheville, North Carolina: the 51st season of Shindig on theGreen and the 90th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Each event features long-standingas well as the newest generation of traditional and mountain string bands, ballad singers, and bigcircle mountain dancers and cloggers, resulting in fun-filled and authentic evenings enjoyed bykith and kin of all ages.

The 51st Season of Shindig on the Green, a free event in the heart of downtown Asheville, with a stage show and informal jam sessions, takes place on Saturday evenings. Kicking off on July 1st this year, Shindig on the Green will be held on July 1st; July 8, 15, 22; August 12, 19, 26; and September 2. Shindig returns again to the heart of downtown Asheville at Pack Square Park’s Roger McGuire Green. 

The stage show takes place on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage, named for the founder of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Locals and visitors alike gather “along about sundown,” or at seven o’clock for those who wear a watch, for Shindig on the Green. Since the outdoor event’s inception in 1967, hundreds of thousands of individuals from across the region and throughout the world have shared and enjoyed the rich traditional music and dance heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in this outdoor setting. 

The 90th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk and Festival, a ticketed event at AB Tech/Mission Health Conference Center, near downtown Asheville with a different show each night, takes place at 6:30 p.m. nightly, Thursday through Saturday, August 3, 4 & 5, 2017. The sister event to Shindig on the Green, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival was founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928. The nation’s longest running folk festival, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival showcases the best of the region’s mountain musicians and dancers during its three evenings of indoor performances.

The non-profit, all-volunteer Folk Heritage CommitteeTM’s mission is to preserve and present the musical heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains to audiences from throughout the region and world, for entertainment and education, by producing the annual Shindig on the GreenTM and the Mountain Dance and Folk FestivalTM events.

For more info about the 51st Season of Shindig on the Green or the 90th Annual Mountain
Dance and Folk Festival, visit www.folkheritage.org or for Media Inquiries & Requests for
interviews only: Brian Carter, bcarter.ckp@gmail.com, 828.335.1263.

July classes offered by OnTrack Financial



Housing Classes
Homebuyer Education Series - ($50.00 participant fee)  
Our HUD-certified course provides a step-by-step explanation of the home-buying process, a fantastic resource book, and an opportunity to interact with local real estate / lending / legal professionals so that you can make an informed decision about the biggest investment you will probably ever make. Certificate received upon completion.  
  • (2-part class) Saturdays, July 15 & 22 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm  
Understanding Reverse Mortgages 
Learn the basics about Reverse Mortgages. This class will help you:
- Finally understand what a reverse mortgage is and how they work.
- Learn how reverse mortgages can provide cash to homeowners over age 62.
- Understand how the loans are paid back.
- Learn about different scenarios and how a reverse mortgage can be helpful; and
- Determine if you have enough equity in your home for a reverse mortgage to be a good solution for you by getting a free estimate at the end of the class.
  • Tuesday, July 18 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Home Energy Efficiency  
Thanks to sponsorship support from The Biltmore Company® there is NO CHARGE for this class or for the energy saving tools.

·         Thursday, July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Money Management and Credit Classes
Manage Your Money Series
Our most popular seminar deals with the basics of budgeting, setting goals, planning spending to realize goals, saving strategies, and tracking spending.
  • Saturdays, July 1 and 8 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm 
Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it. 
Find out what credit is and why it's important. Understand what affects your credit score. Gain knowledge of method to repair or establish credit.
  • Wednesday, July 5 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
  • Tuesday, July 11 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
  • Monday, July 17 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
  • Wednesday, July 26 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Budgeting and Debt Class
A budget plan is one of the best tools for financial empowerment. Learn how income, expenses, and debt all affect a successful budget and gain tools to help you create a realistic budget. Additionally, everyone has a different solution for managing debt. This class will discuss the array of options for managing your debt.
  • Friday, July 7 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
  • Wednesday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
  • Monday, July 17 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
  • Tuesday, July 25 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Women's Financial Empowerment Center
How to Find Extra Income in Your Day-to-Day Life  
Getting a second job or working extra hours are only two ways to help increase your cash flow. We will do several exercises to help you build a personalized plan to creatively decrease expenses and increase income.
  • Thursday, July 6 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Discover Your Money Vision and Flip Your $ Switch   
Uncomfortable with talking about money? Come and have 'fun' discovering your Money Vision. Start seeing your financial dreams and goals in a new light by creating a vision board. This class will help you clarify your money goals through an interesting activity and then discuss the limiting barriers that hold us back from our financial goals. You will leave this class with motivation and tools to start making your Money Vision a reality.        
  • Wednesday, July 19 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
  • Tuesday, July 25 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Going to College without Going Broke    
In this class, participants will learn about the mysterious world of financial aid, where to find scholarships, student loan forgiveness and repayment options, and avoiding scams targeted to students.       
  • Monday, July 10 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
  • Monday, July 31 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
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Pre-registration required.  Call OnTrack WNC today at 255-5166.
All classes listed are held at OnTrack WNC offices - 50 South French Broad Ave. Second Floor


T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating appoints new executive director


Simone Seitz has been named the next Executive Director of T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating by the association's Governing Board. Seitz will officially assume this new role on May 24, 2017. In partnership with the board of directors, Simone will lead T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating in fulfilling its mission, vision, and strategic plan.
 
Seitz served on the organization's young task force and developing board from 2005-'08. Having returned to sit on the board of directors in 2015, she brought invaluable experience and vitality to T.H.E. Center. "We are thrilled to welcome Simone as our new Executive Director.  She's already contributed so much to our organization.  Her energy and commitment to our mission is going to make our goal of helping those with eating disorders even more attainable," said Marybeth Burns, board president for T.H.E Center for Disordered Eating and recovery advocate.  
With significant experience in for-profit and non-profit management, Seitz will advance the association’s current strategic plan and guide the organization's future contributions.  "This is an opportunity and responsibility that I am honored to accept. I look forward to strategically building upon thirteen years of serving individuals with disordered eating and body image issues and developing meaningful relationships with our members, partners, and supporters," says Seitz. 
T.H.E Center for Disordered Eating, founded in 2004 and located in the heart of Asheville, is a free support network for families and individuals, health care providers, educators, and the general public. The organization serves thousands through community education, advocacy, referral, lending library, support groups, and connection to many resources through its helpline and website. 
Treatment: Facilitating a network of health care professionals to increase the availability of treatment resources for disordered eating. Healing: Reaching out to those affected by disordered eating to provide hope and resources for healing. Education: Educating and raising awareness about the dangers and consequences of disordered eating.
Vision 
Create a community that embraces healthy lifestyles free of disordered eating.
Mission
Mobilize support and provide resources for those affected by disordered eating and related body issues.  Save lives, give, hope, raise awareness, and provide education to diminish the pervasiveness of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.  
Values
Hope, compassion, education, self-acceptance and confidentiality.

For more information visit:  www.thecenternc.org Marybeth Burns, Board President, T.H.E. Center, marybeth@summitresults.com828-388-4448
Simone Seitz, Executive Director, T.H.E. Center, simone@thecenternc.org828-337-4685