a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2011-05-15 06:15 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"4";i:1;s:1:"6";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:39:"McCarthy Walks Talk for Employee Health";s:9:"url_title";s:39:"mccarthy_walks_talk_for_employee_health";s:4:"save";s:10:"Quick Save";s:11:"field_id_26";s:39:"McCarthy Walks Talk for Employee Health";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:425:"McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was honored as  a Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association (AHA). McCarthy Central Division President Scott Wittkop received Gold-level award during the AHA 2011 Metro St. Louis Start! Heart Walk opening festivities on May 14 in Busch Stadium. Start! Fit-Friendly Companies are recognized by the AHA as employers who go above and beyond when it comes to employee health.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:36:"McCarthy, American Heart Association";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:2882:"<p>McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was honored as&nbsp; a Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association (AHA). McCarthy Central Division President Scott Wittkop received Gold-level award during the AHA 2011 Metro St. Louis Start! Heart Walk opening festivities on May 14 in Busch Stadium. Start! Fit-Friendly Companies are recognized by the AHA as employers who go above and beyond when it comes to employee health.<br /><br />&ldquo;McCarthy has a strong national partnership with the American Heart Association,&rdquo; commented Tracy Brazelton, AHA executive director in St. Louis. &ldquo;As a company, they have made great strides in focusing on improving employee health both here in St. Louis and across America. This award recognizes the best-of-the-best companies, and McCarthy is certainly one of these.&rdquo;<br /><br />Developed and launched in 2010, McCarthy Build for Life is a comprehensive wellness program designed to encourage all employees and their families to strive toward optimal mental, physical and emotional well-being. The program focuses on four key areas: awareness, prevention, activity, and lifestyle &amp; stress. <br /><br />&ldquo;When it comes to our construction projects, our approach has always been to invest a significant effort up front to prevent issues before they occur,&rdquo; noted McCarthy President and COO Derek Glanvill. &ldquo;We have extended this same proactive approach to our Build for Life program, encouraging employees to make wellness a part of their everyday lives.&rdquo; <br /><br />To jump start McCarthy&rsquo;s wellness program in 2010, the company launched an Activity Challenge. All 1,400 employees received a free pedometer and used an online step tracking program to log daily steps over a 3-month period. More than 50% of employees participated in the program, logging 184,974,999 steps. The 2011 Activity Challenge, expanded to include spouses and partners, began on May 1.<br /><br />Designed as a grassroots program, McCarthy Build for Life is supported by Wellness Champions in each McCarthy office who communicate to employees in their region. Key McCarthy Build for Life program features include:<br /><br />-Regular wellness webinars available to employees and their families<br />-Quarterly wellness newsletter delivered to homes of all employees, in partnership with the Mayo Clinic, and discount subscriptions to other health-related publications<br />-Complimentary health screenings for McCarthy employees and spouses/partners, including blood pressure screening, BMI/waist circumference checks, cholesterol/HDL/Glucose screenings, and Prostate Specific Antigen screenings<br />-Wellness areas at all-employee biannual meetings featuring material on health, nutrition, activity,&nbsp; and stress/lifestyle management<br />-Wide array of company-sponsored wellness employee event</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";s:10:"category_1";s:1:"6";}