The East Central Regional Healthy Ohio Business Council will hold our next meeting on Wednesday September 22nd, 2010 from 11 am - 1 pm at Provia Door in Walnut Creek. Healthy Ohio is a statewide initiative of the Governor and the Ohio Department of Health to encourage Ohioans to adopt healthier lifestyles and behaviors.  As an employer striving to focus on wellness promotion for a healthier workforce, we are inviting you to join us in this endeavor.  The East Central Regional Healthy Ohio Business Council is a geographical extension of the Healthy Ohio Business Council to allow East Central Ohio companies to share best practices for a healthy workforce and a healthy economy. 

It will be our pleasure to provide lunch for you.  Please RSVP by calling Leslie Beans at 330-852-4711 x1217 or emailing Leslie.Beans@proviadoor.com  by 9/13/2010 so that we may turn in a count for lunch.  At our meeting we will have presentations by Dr. Brenda Prince with Tuscarawas Clinic for the Working Uninsured and Barbara Burns and Kevin Spears with Healthy Tusc.

ProVia Door/Walnut Creek Facility is located at 2150 State Route 39, Sugarcreek, OH. From the Dover/Sugarcreek exit on I-77 take SR 39 West for 10 miles through Sugarcreek. The facility will be located on the south/left side of the road. Please park wherever there is empty space in the main parking lot. (Not in front of the building please.) Enter the building at the front or side door and continue to the front desk reception area.

We look forward to growing this initiative for the East Central Region and your participation and time is greatly appreciated. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about what others are doing and share best practices! We look forward to seeing you there.

Project HIRE (Project Hometown Investment in Regional Economies) is a state initiated program designed to help connect employers who have current job openings with dislocated workers who may have, or are close to having, the necessary skill sets to fill those positions. Under this program, Ohio Learning Accounts (OLAs) of up to $6,000 are awarded to qualifying dislocated workers and their new employers to help defray the cost of classroom instruction and/or partial wage re-imbursement during the worker's on-the-job training. For more information regarding OLAs and program requirements, please contact Marge Artman, Business Service Representative, Workforce and Talent Division, Ohio Department of Development, 2146 Southgate Parkway, Cambridge, Ohio 43725.  Phone number for Marge is 740.258.8623.  E-mail is      Marge.Artman@development.ohio.gov

More Than Just Lunch