May 20, 2021
In today’s update, you will find important information, including:
- Join Tuesday’s Live Audio Broadcast
- Marking a Milestone Moment
- Vaccination Quick Facts
- KPNW Superhero Award Winners
- Inspire Well-Being – Enter the Weekly Drawing
Join Tuesday’s Live Audio Broadcast
Plan on joining the next LIVE audio broadcast on Tuesday, May 25, starting at 12:10 p.m. We’ll be sharing the latest COVID-19 community and clinical vaccine updates, as well as answers to your most frequently asked questions.
https://sparkstreetdigital.zoom.us/j/91660184663 (Audio only) Dial In: +1 669 900 9128
Webinar ID: 916 6018 4663. If you’re unable to join, a recording will be provided on Wednesday.
Submit your questions or suggestions for future audio broadcast topics.
Marking a Milestone Moment
Employees, clinicians, and volunteers hit the 500,000-vaccination mark on Wednesday at the All4Oregon COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Site at the Oregon Convention Center. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the site and praised the effort: “The best thing we can all do to get back to a sense of normalcy is to get vaccinated, and Oregon has done an extraordinary job, thanks in part to vaccination sites like All4Oregon at the Convention Center. This collaboration truly represents the Oregon way – coming together in the best interests of Oregonians.”
Together, along with the other health systems in the area, we made history. Thank you! Here is how local media covered this milestone:
KPTV: All4Oregon surpasses 500K vaccinations at Oregon Convention Center site | Local News | kptv.com
KATU: All4Oregon site expected to surpass 500K COVID-19 vaccinations | KATU
Vaccination Quick Facts
Here is a snapshot of the most current vaccination data as of May 19. Visit the newly enhanced COVID-19 Quick Facts Dashboard for up-to-date, key data on the virus and vaccines. (Note: Our vaccination reporting has expanded to include children ages 12-15. With this change, you’ll notice that overall member vaccination rates decreased slightly from recent reporting. This is because we increased the eligible population by including this age group.)
KPNW Superhero Award Winners
Individual Award: Kimberly Hybel, Design Manager, National Facilities Services NW
Kim was instrumental in designing the Oregon Convention Center mass vaccination site. Her ability to understand the requirements and then take the necessary actions to implement those plans was a key to successfully establishing the site. Read more.
The KPNW Superhero Award celebrates this excellence by recognizing the creative and collaborative ways your teammates support our company, our members, and community. Help spread the word! Post the KPNW Superhero Award flier in break rooms, and wherever teams gather for meetings / huddles and nominate your hero today!
Inspire Well-being – Enter the Weekly Drawing
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Healthy Workforce wants to recognize employees who are doing a great job of improving mental health and well-being for themselves or inspiring their co-workers. Enter into a weekly drawing. Winners will be selected weekly through the month of May to receive a gift that promotes self-care. Below is one of the winning entries:
Jennifer Navarro, Registration/WSM-SKY “I get up each morning and jog either a mile or two along with a cool down. On my lunch break at work, I have been going to the gym doing strength training, and some cardio with my co-worker. I find working out – whether it be yoga, walking, jogging, meditation – helps quite a bit with calming the mind and making it a little easier to get through the day. I’m trying to use the CALM app more … I reach out to ones who have similar struggles as I do and check in on them to keep encouraging them to keep on their walking and drinking of water. I have found taking it one day at a time is a lot easier than planning a whole week out, for some that can be overwhelming. Or you feel like you failed since you didn’t do the whole week of what you planned. Life is never predicable, anything can happen, and I found the one thing you can control is how you take care of yourself. The littlest changes make the biggest difference.”