6 Preventative Habits For Health
No one likes being sick and no one has the time to put their life on hold for it. The good news is, we have the ability to prevent illness by maintaining habits for health year-round. Here are 6 ways…
Procurement Compliance in Our New Reality 2020
This article was previously published in the AASBO Edge By Bill Munch, CPPO, CPPB Our new reality includes an emphasis on living in the online world as we cope with trying to remain compliant with the School District Procurement…
Sweet Dreams Are Made of Sweet Cherries and Timing Your Activities
The benefits of sweet cherries and sleep schedules FUEL: Tart cherry juice and whole sweet cherries According to agricultural research studies, sweet cherries are one of the only natural food sources of melatonin, the chemical that controls the body’s internal…
Your Overall Health Matters in Defense against COVID-19
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations”. -Charles R. Swindoll The COVID-19 Data Unfolds Despite the novelty of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, many of the complications that arise from COVID-19 are far from novel…
Restore Your Body and Mind – Sleep: Not Optional
“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep.” – E.J. Cossman The Importance of Sleep Are you getting enough sleep? Is it the right type of sleep? Is the quality of sleep affecting your health? Many…
Adjusting to A Virtual Work Environment
Change in a Virtual Work Environment It's hard to keep up with the myriad of changes to daily living over the last three months. One of the most pressing is how to adjust to, create, and support our work teams…
Are You Maximizing Your Flexible Spending Account?
Flexible Spending Account Management At VSMG, we are always searching for ways to make our employee's benefit experiences easy and advantageous. A simple way to enhance that experience on an existing benefit plan is to allow carryover and/or a grace…
Digestive Health Facts
Go With Your Gut You might think that your brain is controlling what happens in your gut to keep your body in rhythm, but a community of microbes greatly influences your digestive health. The microbes and nerves in your body…
Kindness RX
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. - Maya Angelou Prescribe Kindness for Better Connections With the negativity infiltrating our media sources…
Strategies to Make Your Open Enrollment for Employee Benefits During COVID-19 Safe and Successful
Open Enrollment Messaging COVID-19 is disturbing public and private employer and employee operations across the board and the country. The extraordinary challenges and questions posed by COVID-19 has created a storm of emotion around health coverage. If your open enrollment…