Membership Corner

The VPPPA Safety Star of the Quarter is a program to honor and recognize an employee’s achievements in safety performance and professionalism. Thank you to all our VPPPA Safety Stars and VPPPA members for their continued contributions to the safety and health community. Safety Stars of the Quarter will be featured on our website, social media, Leader magazine, On the Level e-newsletter, and receive a certificate.

4th Quarter Safety Star Tyler Snow Shutterfly Sr. EHS Specialist Tempe, AZ (Region IX)

To learn more about Tyler, or to submit someone to be considered as a Safety Star, please visit our website: https://www.vpppa.org/ membership/safety-star/. You can also email membership@vpppa.org.

The holiday season is going to be here before you know it. And with this time of year comes everyone’s favorite shopping holiday: Black Friday. During this day, we hope to find savings and exclusive deals on items we need and want. However, you are eligible to receive savings all year as a VPPPA member. Being a member of the organization offers numerous advantages, including access to networking with other safety professionals, educational webinars, and discounts on conference registrations. But VPPPA membership also includes a variety of discounts and special promos for our members and from our members.

You can save money on products and services for your professional or personal use by taking advantage of members-only discounts. To access your coupons, log into the VPPPA Member Portal and click on the Additional Resources tab.

Submitting a coupon is an exclusive benefit of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Affiliate membership. Those tiers have the unique benefit to create a special offer to VPPPA members that appears on the Coupons page and on their description in the Member Directory. If you’d like to upgrade your Affiliate membership, please contact membership@vpppa.org.

VPPPA Members, as well as their spouses and children, receive a 10% discount on tuition for Columbia Southern University. In addition, application fees are waived for members, and they also receive textbooks at no cost. CSU offers online degree programs, open enrollment, affordable rates, and a flexible learning style designed to accommodate your busy life. CSU offers associate, bachelor, master, and certificate programs.

Feel free to contact us at membership@vpppa.org if you have any questions about benefits.

VPPPA & AuditSoft created the VPP Online platform to help your team collaborate on the elements of the self-evaluation, automatically calculate injury and illness rates, and generate a professional looking report for your VPP Manager, making it easier and faster than ever to complete this critical process.

Pricing: A subscription to the VPP online platform is $699 for members and $999 for non-members.

Multi-site savings package: • 3-5 sites—5% savings per site • 6-10 sites—10% savings per site • 11+ sites—20% savings per site

VPP Online by VPPPA & AuditSoft Isn’t Just for VPP Sites!

VPP Online can be used by any company or site that is committed to strengthening their EHS&S program. This valuable evaluation and improvement tool may be right for you if: • You are interested in applying for VPP, but want to complete an internal self-evaluation to measure your current safety program first; • You want a way to organize your safety initiatives and have a platform to collaborate with colleagues on your safety team; • You want a professionally formatted report to share with your leadership or board and create an action plan for continuous improvement; • You are new in the Safety role at your company and want to create a central hub for your safety management system reporting.

If you are interested in a 30-minute demo, please contact Pete Spence at Peter.Spence@AuditSoft.co.

For more information visit vpppa.org/vpp-online or contact Heidi Hill at 703-761-6511 or email hhill@vpppa.org.

To learn more about VPP Online and to sign up for access, visit our website at vpppa.org/vpp-online/.

The Labor Summits are monthly 30-minute webinars showcasing a diverse mix of speakers and topics designed to engage workers, both represented and nonrepresented, to jointly and collectively discuss workplace safety. Labor summits last 30 minutes to minimize impacts to work schedules and are available as recordings the same day. Topics range from women in the workforce to building safety culture within your workplace, new workplace hazards, worker trainer programs, and more.

Learn more at www.vpppa.org/webinars.

We are pleased to introduce Tim Belitz as a new member of the VPPPA National Board of Directors!

Tim Belitz Director-At-Large

Many VPPPA Regions are hosting events in the coming year. Make sure to visit

regional-events for the most up-todate information on regional events.