The CompHealth permanent placement team in Norwalk recently hosted a building-wide Barbecue for Breast Cancer to raise money for the Avon Foundation Walk for Breast Cancer.

“The barbecue was a success based on the money raised and the participation building wide,” said Jan Lynn, a business partner on the CompHealth OB/GYN & Anesthesia team.

Members of the Norwalk office have formed a team, “Patricia’s Militia,” that will walk in the 2010 Avon Foundation Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City in October. The team is named in honor of Pat Hopkins, a recruiter who is currently battling cancer.

CHG’s corporate and division leaders gathered in Salt Lake City for their annual leadership summit. The event included a full schedule of meetings and activities at the corporate office. Additionally, leaders took part in a leadership workshop as well as a team-building event during which they assembled children’s bikes for charity. Teams had to complete a series of challenges to acquire parts for the bikes; once they had the individual parts, their next task was to put the pieces together. The completed bikes were donated to the Hser Ner Moo Community & Welcome Center, a United Way agency.

Peter Corroon, the mayor of Salt Lake County, chose CHG’s headquarters as the site of his latest press conference. Mayor Corroon, who is also running for governor of Utah, made an announcement of his plan to preserve the quality of life within the state, and he listed CHG’s core value of Putting People First as a positive example of making quality of life a priority.

Before the press conference, Mayor Corroon toured the CHG facilities to learn more about the company and the healthcare staffing industry. He also drew the winning employees who participated in the Clear the Air challenge.

CEO Michael Weinholtz guides Mayor Peter Corroon on a tour of the sales floors

Feedback from the Corroon for Governor staff and the mayor himself was very positive:

From Corroon’s communications director, Stella Thurkill:
“Thank you so very much for providing a wonderful environment for Mayor Corroon to share his Quality of Life plan. Your staff is extremely professional, helpful and so nice. It’s no wonder you’re on Fortune Magazine’s Top List. CHG is a great company with top-notch employees! It was an all-around good day for us at the Corroon for Governor campaign. We appreciate your support. It was a pleasure to work with you and your entire staff. Please forward this e-mail to all who helped make the day a great success.”

From Corroon’s senior campaign advisor, Max Farbman:
“Great event! Thank you for hosting a truly meaningful event for Peter.”

From Peter Corroon:
“I would like to echo Stella’s comments. The setting was wonderful and your employees were very welcoming. They have a lot of energy and professionalism. Sincerely, Peter”

Thanks to all of our employees who helped make this event a success!

CHG is a Best Place to Work, and now many of its people can officially call the cities where they live a Best Place to Live, too.

CNNMoney.com released its annual list of  the Best Places to Live, a compilation of America’s best small cities, and three office locations were listed this year.

#23: Cary, N.C. (Weatherby Locums)

#35: Edmond, Okla. (Foundation Medical Staffing and Foundation Rehab Staffing)

#90: Norwalk, Conn. (CompHealth Permanent Placement)

CHG’s marketing and IT departments showed there’s nothing like a little friendly competition to do some good in the community. The departments went head to head to see which could donate the most to the Utah Food Bank.

After all was said and done, the marketing department brought in 680 pounds but IT emerged victorious with 1,054 pounds, earning a free lunch on the marketing department.

To conclude the festivities, members from each department spent some time at the Utah Food Bank on June 17, to help build food kits for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), a federal/state and public/private effort that creates monthly food packages designed to provide protein, calcium, iron and vitamins A and C for those populations that need it. The effort required teamwork and precision—each food package had to have all the contents packed in exactly the right order and quantities (as a few participants learned during the quality check!).

Within 90 minutes, the collaborative effort yielded six pallets worth of food packages for the program!