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Thanks, Miguel and Roxana for the Delicious Pupusas at the Picnic
[August 15, 2023] Instead of relaxing like the rest of us at the picnic, Bright Wood’s Miguel Giron (Madras Plant 1) and Roxana Coreas (Madras Plant 8) cooked hundreds of delicious pork and chicken pupusas. The line at their Pupusas Roxy booth started early and lasted until closing.
159 Bright Wood People Won Raffle Prizes
[August 15, 2023] Check your plant/department’s bulletin board to see if you won a prize in the raffle. For the first time in company history, you didn’t have to attend the picnic to win. Personnel drew 159 names from a list of all current employees at all Bright Wood locations on August 5.
Six lucky people won Bright Wood logo packs and gift cards at the Menomonie site in Wisconsin despite being 1,788 miles away. It was Bright Wood’s way of saying, “We see you. Your contribution is essential and appreciated.”
Prizes ranged from:
Thanks, Picnic Team
[August 10, 2023] Thanks to the many people whose work before, during, and after the picnic created such a lovely day for the rest of us.
Need an Alternative Work Schedule?
Consider the Weekend Shift
[March 23, 2023] Several Madras plants have added --or soon will – weekend shifts that start on Friday and end on Sunday. These are 12-hour shifts, so you work 36 hours in three days and then have four days off. Weekenders qualify for full-time Bright Wood benefits.
Eye Safety Starts Before You Get Out of Your Car
By Jim Sanders, Safety Manager
[March 9, 2023] Bright Wood has suffered 17 recordable incidents in the last three years involving an object in someone’s eye. In other words, five to six people suffer eye injuries annually.
History shows the majority of our eye injuries occur outside. If everyone wore their eye protection as soon as they arrived at work (before leaving their vehicles) and continued wearing it until they returned to their cars after work, we’d all be a lot safer. This is in fact, Bright Wood policy.
Save Up to $2,198 on Closing Costs When You Buy a Home
[October 25, 2022] Oregon Bright Wood employees and their family members can now take advantage of the Preferred Mortgage Savings Plan offered by CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM). The plan helps people prepare to buy a home and reduces their expenses.
Plan participants can save up to $2,198 on closing costs when they buy a new home or refinance an existing loan. CCM waives the processing, underwriting, appraisal, credit report, and flood certificate fees.
“Everybody deserves to own a home,” said Keely Matteo of CCM and a Madras native. “Even if you think you can’t do it, we can help you build a plan to get you there.”
“Education is a big piece of CCM’s Preferred Mortgage Saving Plan,” Keely said. “I want people to feel comfortable by knowing how the loan program works and that they can afford homeownership in the long term.”
“The class covers what we look at to approve you for a mortgage,” Keely said. “We show you how to do a budget. We’ll teach you what things to expect when you own a home, such as repairs and expenses that might come along.”
