CONSERVANCY COMMONS

It is the final week of Open Enrollment! Friday, June 15 is the final day of 2018 Open Enrollment. This is your annual opportunity in ADP to make changes or add/delete dependents to your medical, dental, and vision plans for an effective date of July 1, 2018. Please contact Holly Chrobak or Mayuko Morita if you have any questions.

The job description for the Parks Conservancy's next President & CEO has been released. To create the description, search firm Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) used feedback from the staff-wide survey and interviews with park partners, community partners, volunteers, donors, board members, the Conservancy’s Directors Group, the DEI Committee, and Executive Team. Many thanks to all who participated. Click link to view.

The results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Earth Month Staff Challenge this April. We had 84 individuals between NPS and the Parks Conservancy submit 281 different actions! See who won and what actions toward sustainability your colleagues took below.

Noon - 3 pm. Fort Baker. Join GOGA's Health & Wellness Committee for their 13th Annual Fun Run/Walk! This year the theme is Baseball   and costumes/sports gear is encouraged. For questions, contact Maria Rosario at maria_rosario@nps.gov or Melissa Bleier melissa_bleier@nps.gov.

6 - 8:30 pm. Great Meadow Park at Fort Mason. Celebrate LGBTQ Pride in our national park with outdoor happy hour! Special guest Sir JoQ will teach Vogue dance lessons, and there will fun activities led by OUT There Adventures, TurnOut, and Aguilas. Tickets includes complimentary small bites from Whole Foods, and beverages from Deep Eddy Vodka and Fort Point Beer Co. Event is for 21+ only. For special ticket pricing at $15, download the HOOCH app.

10:30 am - 7 pm. Volunteer with the One Tam Roving Ranger at the Marin County Fair! In addition to meeting your fellow colleagues and sharing the magic of One Tam with the public, you will also receive free admission to the fair! First time talking about One Tam? You will always be partnered and have access to talking points, as well as set up/close down check lists to help you facilitate. Click "here" for info on Marin County Fair. Please indicate any and all shifts you are available to work here!

Did you know there are free webinars available through Claremont EAP to help support you and your family members with life's concerns?  Featured this month is stress management through "Minimizing Worry to Maximize Your Life."  In moderate doses, stress challenges you to do your best so you keep learning and growing.  But too much stress has a negative effect on your work, mood and physical well-being. Learn how to deal with stress constructively and you can use it to meet life's challenges.  You can take advantage of this benefit "here." Please note you will have to register with the Claremont EAP site.

The HR team is presenting toolkit trainings for new and soon to become managers and supervisors. Gain insight into developing and refining effective skills such as performance management, recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, operations, and much more. To sign up for a managers' toolkit training class, please visit the Parks Conservancy training portal.

Park Academy will be hosting an Adult First Aid/CPR/AED and Bloodborne Pathogens certification course. Successful students will receive a certificate for Adult First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years. The Bloodborne Pathogens course is designed for those who are at risk for on the job exposure. Those who complete the training receive a Bloodborne Pathogens Training certification valid for one year. This certification training is 7 hours long (from 9 am-4 pm). Learn more about the training and register here.

A talk by Sharon Farrell (Vice President, Stewardship & Conservation) will cover the genesis and evolution of the Presidio Park Stewards program from 1993 to 2003. Come learn about early restoration projects, the nursery program changes overtime, and the challenges faced during the initial years with stories from the field.

This week we welcome five new hires to our Projects, Alcatraz, Community Programs, One Tam, and Crissy Field Center teams!