Membership Corner

VPPPA’s Safety Star of the Quarter

The VPPPA Safety Star of the Quarter is a program to honor and recognize an employee’s achievements in safety performance and professionalism. Thank you to all our VPPPA Safety Stars and VPPPA members for their continued contributions to the safety and health community. Safety Stars of the Quarter will be featured on our website, social media, Leader magazine, On the Level e-newsletter, and receive a certificate.

2nd Quarter Safety Star Brian Borowczak Shermco Industries Risk Director Irving, Texas (Region VI)

To learn more about Brian, or to submit someone to be considered as a Safety Star, please visit our website: https://www.vpppa.org/ membership/safety-star/. You can also email membership@vpppa.org.

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Join us in-person at the 2022 Safety+ Symposium for an event that creates a community unlike any other!

August 23–25, 2022

Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C.

Official Event Hotel

Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel

Highlights:

•Direct access to key OSHA representatives • 90+ workshops • Earn industry CEUs • SGE Training • Pre-Symposium workshop on

Monday, August 22 • Post-Symposium workshops on Friday, August 26 • More than 200 exhibitors

Plus . . .

•VPPPA Scholarship Golf

Tournament on Sunday,

August 21 • Monument Trolley Tour • Closing Reception at

Swingers Crazy Golf • Walking challenge

*All events subject to change.

For more information, including workshop descriptions, keynote speakers, and more, visit:

www.vpppa.org. #SafetyPlus2022

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Regional Events

Many VPPPA Regions are hosting events in the coming year. Make sure to visit www. vpppa.org/regional-events for the most up-to-date information on regional events.

Don’t Miss Out on VPPPA’s Labor Summit Webinar Series

The Labor Summits are monthly 30-minute webinars showcasing a diverse mix of speakers and topics designed to engage workers, both represented and nonrepresented, to jointly and collectively discuss workplace safety. Labor summits last 30 minutes to minimize impacts to work schedules and are available as recordings the same day. Topics range from women in the workforce to building safety culture within your workplace, new workplace hazards, worker trainer programs, and more.

Learn more at www.vpppa.

org/webinars

A note from VPPPA’s Membership & Outreach Manager, Son Nguyen

In the cycle of nature, spring is a reset moment. The dark days of winter are done away with, and as the season fades away, it is replaced with the warm, gentle gift of spring. Spring is the season of renewal.

In the cycle of VPPPA, spring is also membership renewal season. VPPPA membership renewals are based on anniversary dates, and many of your membership renewal dates fall between January–April. There are several options to find out when your membership is ready for renewal. • The primary contact on your account will receive an annual renewal notice by email a month before the membership expires. If your primary contact information has changed, please notify VPPPA to update the account. • Login into the Member Portal to access payment history and look at open invoices. • Contact VPPPA Membership and ask for your renewal date.

While 2022 has been a return to “normal” for many of us, challenges in the health and safety industry continue, and we recognize our members have been impacted both professionally and personally. To help all members continue to navigate the uncertainty, here are some of the ways we are continuing to provide benefits for you:

Discounts on Safety+ Symposium registration

Members in current good standing will receive a discount of up to $200 off registration. The VPPPA Safety+ Symposium is the only national educational event for VPP worksites to achieve and maintain safety and health excellence.

Discounts on regional conference registration

The ten VPPPA Regions offer a safety and health network next to home. Throughout the year, our Regions offer VPP Application Workshops, SGE training, OSHA updates, mentoring opportunities, networking events, and much more. Members in current good standing will receive a discount on these events.

Expand your knowledge

Equip yourself with resources that help you face complex safety challenges. Our monthly webinars are free to members. Our webinar series are presented by our members and partners.

Sharing success to make workplaces safer

VPPPA members help others reach VPP status, the highest level of occupational safety and health performance by OSHA, through our mentoring program. The VPPPA mentoring program pairs sites that have achieved Star status with sites that are just starting their VPP journey, need additional program guidance, or are looking to improve best practices at their facilities. Mentors have been through the VPP audit process several times and are committed to helping other VPPPA members achieve occupational safety and health excellence.

Our members represent the best that the safety and health community has to offer. They strive for continued betterment of their workplace culture to ensure every worker makes it home safely. We are proud of our members and their unwillingness to settle for “good enough.” Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey.

While 2022 has been a return to “normal” for many of us, challenges in the health and safety industry continue, and we recognize our members have been impacted both professionally and personally.

Please contact membership@vpppa.org if you have any questions about your VPPPA membership.