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There was plenty to celebrate recently as part of a local "Illuminating Project" that put the spotlight on 34 Johnsonville Members and the company's culture. The Illuminating Project, LLC founder, Juliane Troicki, Ph.D. , recently presented Johnsonville with the first "Illuminating Award for Excellence in Employee Appreciation." She established the award to recognize companies for creating a strong culture that focuses on their employee’s development and well-being. Troicki presented the award after being inspired while interviewing 34 Johnsonville female Members as part of the "Illuminating Women Project" that Johnsonville sponsored, to shine a light on female leaders in the community and workplaces.  Johnsonville Owner and Chairwoman Shelly Stayer sponsored the Illuminating Women Project at the company because "this was a great opportunity to say, ‘thank you,’ in a meaningful way to these unsung heroes who are making an impact not only in our family-owned company but also in the meat industry and in their communities.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/dw2knkkN #IlluminatingProject #inspiringwomen #companyculture #appreciation #JVLWay Photography By Studio L

We have a hall-of-famer amongst Johnsonvillle! Congratulations goes to Johnsonville’s over-the-road driver Kirk Phillips, who’s been a Johnsonville Member since 1981 and has accumulated 3.1 million miles without an accident, injury or moving violation! His impressive record and safety accomplishments were recognized by the National Private Truck Council Driver Hall of Fame during their annual conference. He was one of just four drivers who are inducted annually. To qualify, a driver must have driven 3 million+ miles, 20 years or 50,000 hours of consecutive driving without a preventable accident. Read more: https://lnkd.in/getPWpwy #JVLWay #OTR #HOF #Safety

In honor of #PositiveMediaDay we're sharing this nonprofit’s story from Greenville, SC, which is beyond positive, as is the great work they’re doing to promote and educate what it means to be kind and inclusive to children with disabilities. Check out their story that was featured on the Today Show and how we’re supporting their programming. https://lnkd.in/gZmeCMhA #PositiveMediaDay #KindOfTheUpstate #Kindness

Anyone else recognizing Positive Media Day tomorrow (June 22)? Yep, it’s real. So, we published an ad in today’s New York Times edition to bring attention to it and invite others to chime in. Why? Because: ✅ 89% of Americans wish social media was less negative.* ✅ 92% of Americans say seeing people do good things for one another makes them want to do good things for someone else.* Our plan is to post and promote content on social media (with real ad dollars) that’s “more outreach & less outrage.” Please join us! Anyone who has positive content – or comes across it elsewhere – please post it, share it, like it. And tag it with: #KeepTheInternetJuicy. Who’s in?!? *Source: The Harris Poll #PositiveMediaDay #KeepTheInternetJuicy #SeeGoodDoGood #JVLWay

Creating - and sustaining - a standout company culture requires commitment and effort across many areas. Our very own Steve Sorenson shares his personal and professional perspective on how leaders can cultivate that positive employee experience.

We give a shout-out to our youth apprentices who are about to graduate from high school, while also getting a jump-start on potential career options by working in our maintenance departments at two of our plants in Sheboygan Falls.   Kamron and Jack are Sheboygan North High School seniors building skills such as metalworking, troubleshooting, time management, preventative maintenance and working as a team. Kamron works second shift at our Countryside facility and will pursue a mechanical engineering degree after graduation. “I'd welcome an opportunity to stay with Johnsonville’s maintenance team because this environment is so friendly, helpful and cooperative.” He says the apprentice program is the perfect experience for students who may be unsure what career options exist in a technical industry. Jack works on a first-shift maintenance team at our Riverside plant, learning and helping the other maintenance team members on a variety of daily tasks and equipment repairs. He’ll apply all this learning as he also plans to attend college and earn a mechanical engineering degree. Our apprentice program gives interested students real-world work experience (and a paycheck!) as they consider different career opportunities in manufacturing and other technical fields. It’s available to eligible high school juniors and seniors. https://lnkd.in/dFJGbYaX Sheboygan Area School District #YouthApprenticeWeek #LearnForLife

The thanks below👇 goes to our thoughtful Members, who nominated Let's Ketchup to receive donations through the annual Johnsonville Member Giving Drive - that supported 20+ nonprofits. Our Momence Members recognized the need and impact that this nonprofit does in the community where they live and work, and nominated Let's Ketchup for Johnsonville to make a financial donation to as part of our annual Member Giving Drive. The donation helped Let's Ketchup in their quest to address food insecurity and nutrition among students and reduce the negative impact those challenges can have on a student's academic success and well-being. #ThankYouJohnsonvilleMembers #CommunityService #volunteer

Several Johnsonville Members used their Service Time Off hours (STO) to help design a new bedroom for a Jordan, a local teenage boy battling cancer. This project is one of many that the nonprofit Special Spaces organizes for dozens of local kids, to help make their dream bedroom a place of comfort as they fight the disease. Johnsonville Members joined a crew from KLEIBER Construction to create a custom, upholstered headboard as part of a dream bedroom makeover for Jordan. #JVLWay #Volunteer #VTO #SpecialSpaces

Spring is in the air. Brats are on the grill and Johnsonville is on the airwaves. We’re hoping you’ve seen a TV ad, viewed a social media post or heard a radio station discussing our new “Keep It Juicy” brand campaign. The uplifting campaign has sparked the right discussions we were hoping for and we’re pleased to see the positive consumer and media response thus far. Congratulations to our marketing team and the amazing creative partners for bringing the best sausage campaign to life. “Keep It Juicy” does more than just promote sausage or the Johnsonville brand. Much more. As the ultimate hang-out food brand, we’re hoping Johnsonville can play a small part in reminding Americans to get back together and have fun. And we’d be honored if sausage were on the menu. Take a peek here: https://lnkd.in/gxRKZzqe Hold Fast & Co Allies & Company #KeepItJuicy #JVLWay #adcampaign #WorkHardPlayHard #collaboration

Early media coverage of the new Johnsonville Summer Shandy Beer Brat, is reporting, “what took so long?” Leinenkugel’s President Tony Bugher agrees, that teaming up with Johnsonville for the ultimate beer and brat pairing was only a matter of time. It all started from a conversation last fall when Johnsonville owner and chairwoman Shelly Stayer met fifth-generation Leinenkugel and former brewery president Dick Leinenkugel at a Green Bay Packers tailgate. She said that developing this beer brat with Leinenkugel’s is a “match made in Wisconsin.” From that conversation, several talented folks from Johnsonville and Leinenkugel’s linked up in quick fashion to bring this limited-time bratwurst to market and to grills across the Midwest. From R&D, the pilot brewers, manufacturing members at our Watertown plant, and the sales and marketing teams at both Wisconsin companies, we say, “Way to Go” and thank you! MillerCoors #WorkAsATeamWinAsATeam #NewProduct #OpeningDay #LTO #Grilling