Seven get prizes in quarterly QUICK Award drawing

Kathy Davis
Communications 

Jorge Contreras

Seven employees became eligible to receive prizes when their names were randomly drawn from staff recognized through our agency’s QUICK Award process. During the first quarter of 2017, colleagues recognized 47 staff members for actions benefitting co-workers, programs and the public. Some individuals received multiple awards, for a total of 53 awards issued.

Prize recipients from Eastern Washington’s drawing were:

• Gary Buckner, Pesticide Management, Yakima, for his great work putting together the compliance program all-staff training (see pic below).
• Jorge Contreras, Plant Protection, Yakima, for assisting a customer on the phone who was not fluent in English. By talking to the person in their native Spanish, Jorge was able to provide them with the needed information. 
• Katie Hartelius, Food Safety and Consumer Services, Yakima, for connecting with the first online compliance training event and her embrace of Lean quality improvements in issuing enforcement. 

Winners drawn from the Western Washington area were:

• Leah Doyle, Plant Protection, Olympia, in recognition of her thankless and non-revocable role as Plant Protection’s financial liaison.
• Ron Hussung, Administrative Services, Olympia, for making the safety program so proactive and motivating safety officers to be out in the field as much as possible. 

  

  Michael Kasraie

• Michael Kasraie, Food Safety and Consumer Services, Olympia, for running extra miles to help in the inventory/storage surplus project that helped the laboratory program.  
• Deanna Painter, Plant Protection, Olympia, for her fantastic ideas, such as the slogan for the new employee appreciation notepads. 

Recognition process

Each quarter all WSDA employees who have received a QUICK peer award from a colleague are automatically entered into a drawing to choose from a list of prizes.

Creating and presenting an award is ‘quick’ and easy. Fill out and submit the form for the drawing online from our intranet. Or, you may print out and complete a hard-copy form (find under forms starting with Q). And paper forms are available from your division coordinator or regional office.

Training at Pesticide Compliance Program all-staff meeting.
Gary Buckner earned a QUICK Award for helping to organize the event.

QUICK stands for Quality, Unity, Innovation, Courtesy and Knowledge. The deadline to enter a co-worker in the next QUICK Awards prize drawing is June 31, 2017.

In summary: Seven employees became eligible to receive prizes when their names were randomly drawn from staff recognized through our agency’s QUICK Award process. Each quarter all WSDA employees who have received a QUICK peer award from a colleague are automatically entered into a drawing to choose from a list of prizes.