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Employee Update

The November 2009 Newsletter

Look in this issue of the DHHS Employee Update newsletter (PDF, 2MB) for these stories:

  • Project Excel: New DHHS work culture emphasizes excellence, service.
  • Gov. Bev Perdue’s gift ban requires all DHHS employees to sign statements.
  • LeadershipDHHS: 23 graduate from department’s leadership development program.
  • A great day to quit tobacco for good: Great American Smokeout is Nov. 19.
  • Senior Tar Heel legislators get word out about Medicare “Extra Help.”
  • Public Health gets $4.25 million federal grant to promote the health and wellbeing of the state’s children.
  • DHHS takes steps to limit H1N1 spread at state-operated health and residential facilities.
  • Avoid holiday weight gain! Sign up for the free “Maintain, Don’t Gain!” Holiday Challenge.
  • CDC chief visits Wake County health department; meets with State Health Director.
  • Dr. Kanof receives EMS award for years of dedicated service and her commitment to quality.
  • Paramedics from across the state compete at Oct. 6 Emergency Medicine Today conference; Surry County takes top team title.
  • Customer Service Center aids Medicaid recipients.
  • November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregiver Month.
  • Destiny Bus, a traveling science laboratory, visits Governor Morehead School.
  • DHHS drive nets thousands of pounds of food for food banks and pantries.
  • DHHS Employee Wellness and walk/run events provide fun ways to get fit.
  • Last chance to pledge to the State Employees Combined Campaign!

Published 11 times a year, the DHHS newsletter is a fully-accessible Adobe Acrobat* (PDF) document—easy to read on-line, easy to print out, and easily accessible for those who use assistive devices like screen readers.

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For DHHS employees who do not have easy access to e-mail and the web, managers are asked to print out copies to post on centrally located bulletin boards in the workplace.

*If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it for free.