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The conference began with two workshops: the VPP Application Workshop® for those who were starting the VPP process; and the Maintaining Star Quality Workshop for those who had an interest in networking and sharing ideas for continuous improvement of their free four-hour workshop on OSHA Recordkeeping. This class was taught by an instructor from the Midwest OSHA Education Center.

We once again had an outstanding opening keynote speaker for you. Judy Carder, master teacher, author and humorous speaker, has appeared on over 100 television shows and has worked with several Fortune 500 companies. She is an outstanding motivational speaker and has inspired thousands of people to use humor to turn problems into punch lines.

Our 3rd annual scholarship fundraiser golf outing was scheduled in Omaha with proceeds going to our scholarship fund. The outing took place at Eagle Hills Golf Club only minutes from the Embassy Suites. This fundraiser helped us to award an annual $5,000 scholarship to someone in our region for continuing education. There were several very nice prizes given away at this outing.

There were also opportunities to win prizes during our exhibitor reception on Monday. Our closing ceremony luncheon included the drawing of several Visa gift cards (up to $500 in value) along with raffle items including a GPS navigation system for your car. We also raffled a Dell Notebook computer. Tickets were sold throughout the conference and proceeds are going toward the scholarship fund. It is our desire to have enough funds to give two $5,000 scholarships each year.

Your Region VII VPPPA Chapter Board of Directors would like to highlight the accomplishments and commitments of VPP companies located in our region. We are pleased to share with our members one such company and recognize Monsanto.

Monsanto St. Louis sites have participated in OSHA's VPP since 2005. Under the leadership of the Environmental Safety and Health Team, this program has made Monsanto a recognized leader in the St. Louis area and across the nation. The Monsanto St. Louis sites have achieved nine VPP Star approvals: Creve Coeur (world headquarters), Chesterfield Village (research facility), Spirit Airport (corporate aviation) and six more for its resident contractors. The St. Louis sites lead the nation in the number of VPP participants for one site. In addition, the nine include four firsts: Bright Horizons, first daycare facility to obtain VPP Star in the nation; MediFit, first fitness center to obtain VPP Star in the nation; CMMS, first janitorial service contractor to obtain VPP Star in the nation; and Guckenheimer, first food service contractor to obtain VPP Star in the nation.

Other resident contractors with VPP Star status are: URS Washington Group, operations and maintenance, St. Louis, Mo.; and Pitney Bowes Management Services, material handling, mail, shuttle buses and warehousing, also in St. Louis, Mo.

Congratulations to Monsanto and its resident contractors for achieving such a high level of VPP participation!

The 17th annual Region VII conference, "SAFETY ON THE HORIZON," took place in Omaha, Neb., May 24-26.

Please visit our website at www.regionviivpp.org for additional conference information.

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