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Find Your Documents for the Andersen Transition
[January 2, 2026] When the sale to Andersen Corporation closes, we will all be working for a different employer with a new Employer Identification Number (EIN). That means each of us must file a new Form I-9, along with supporting documentation to prove our identities and authorization to work in the United States.
We don’t yet know the exact date you will be asked to provide this information, but Step #1 is to gather the identification documents you plan to submit by early January.
Here are the documents you can use to prove your identity and employment authorization:
If you don’t have the necessary documents, you’ll need to contact the issuing government agency. The Personnel Department can support you in this process.
Watch for a Step #2 announcement in January with details and instructions for submitting a new Form I-9.
Virtual Care Is Always Available
[July 21, 2025] Bright Wood Health and Wellness Plan members always have access to remote care for nonemergency health concerns:
MDLive | (888) 725-3097
Consult with a licensed doctor or therapist 24/7, 365 days a year from wherever you happen to be. Both medical and therapy appointments are free of charge. Log on to MDLive’s website, call their telephone number, or use their app to connect.
Regence Advice24 | (800) 267-6729
Call Advice24 to speak with a registered nurse about nonemergency health concerns 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Advice24 nurses can help you determine the best course of action when you or a family member is sick or injured, treat minor medical conditions at home, and answer questions about medical tests and medications.
New: Three Free Health Care Visits Per Calendar Year
[April 24, 2024] Starting May 1, participants in Bright Wood’s Health and Wellness Plan (BWHWP) are entitled to three free in-office visits per calendar year with preferred providers for:
The three visits can be with different preferred providers and a combination of physical and mental health care.
On their fourth and subsequent visits, BWHWP participants who’ve met their deductible and are seeing a preferred provider will owe the following coinsurance payment per visit:
60-Year-Old Tuition-Assistance Program Still Helping Bright Wood Families Today
[May 19, 2023] Bright Wood’s Children’s Educational Tuition Assistance Program (CETAP) provides financial assistance for post-high school education ranging from college to trade school for employees’ dependent children.
The company has distributed over $1 million in CETAP funds since the early 1960s when founder Carl Peterson established the program.
Contact Bright Wood’s Personnel Department at 541-475-7799 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to learn more and apply.
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.
