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🎉 Employee Appreciation Week 2026: Your Home Base for Everything Happening This Week!
Employee Appreciation Week is officially here, and this week is all about YOU!
The Merrellympics are underway, and there are two ways everyone can get in on the action!
Make Your Executive Challenge Picks
Who will come out on top in this year’s Merrellympics Executive Challenge? Make your picks, follow along with the daily videos, and try to guess who will come out on top. Earn Rewards if your pick wins the gold medal!
Please have your selections made before Wednesday at midnight!
MAKE YOUR PICKS HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejnD1DWEh3Jggm03Q_7KaapXjjkgogEZTzu1xRuGqx84HpLg/viewform
Play the Merrell Bros. Olympic Arcade
Think you can top the leaderboard? Choose from four virtual arcade games, put your skills to the test, and compete against coworkers for the high score. Each game has its own leaderboard, plus there’s an overall leaderboard to determine our Merrellympics Arcade Champion!
Mobile games scoring will end Friday at noon!
PLAY THE ARCADE:
https://static.mbros.info/mbolympics
Make your picks. Play the games. Cheer on your coworkers. Most importantly, have some fun. This week is for YOU!
📌 The Merrellympics Executive Challenge Kicks Off | Let the Games Begin!
📌 Employee Appreciation Week: Family Fun Event (Kokomo, IN Headquarters)
Our Merrell Bros. Family Fun Event is coming up Friday, September 11 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM as part of Employee Appreciation Week!
All Indiana employees, please RSVP (YES/NO) whether or not you plan to attend. If you are attending, please include how many family members will be joining you. An accurate headcount is very important so we can plan enough food for everyone.
Please click the link below to RSVP with YES or NO. It only takes a few seconds and helps us get an accurate count:
https://forms.gle/XpFMcap8WhbEiACz7
We’re looking forward to a great evening celebrating our team and hope to see you and your family there!
📌 ERP Quest Update: The Technomancer’s Training
As ERP Quest moves forward at 43% complete, the IT team has entered a new training quest. Steve, Brandon, and Clint are leveling up their IFS knowledge so Merrell Bros. can support and manage more of the system from within our own walls.
Through upcoming training on IFS page configuration, lobby dashboards, ClickLearn, and Super User tools, the team is building the skills needed to configure the system, create training, answer questions, and support employees as we prepare for the transition to IFS. Each lesson learned brings more knowledge into Merrell Bros. and strengthens the kingdom for the road ahead.
📌 Tickets at Work: Unbeatable Fall Savings!
Start September strong with new Tickets at Work savings available exclusively to Merrell Bros. employees!
This month’s featured offers include savings on travel, Disney World vacation packages, childcare, college advising, fitness and wellness, and more.
Visit TicketsatWork.com and use company code MERRELLBROS to access your employee discounts and see all available offers.
Check out this month’s featured deals below!
📌 Merrell Bros. Whole-Life Leadership Journey
Building Leaders. Bettering Lives.
The Whole Life Leadership Journey is for every Merrell Bros. team member, no matter your role or title. Guided by the teachings of The Way of the Shepherd, it is designed to help you grow as a leader and as a person by focusing on faith, character, stewardship, and life beyond the job. This journey is about becoming the best version of yourself, at work and at home.
Your Weekly Intentional Practice:
Take a moment to recognize someone you work with and let them know why you appreciate having them on the team.
Enjoy this week and have fun! You’ve earned it!
🎧 Solid Start Podcast | Weekly Devotional
Overview: This week on Solid Start, Greg and Brian wrestle with one of life’s hardest questions. When devastating floods take lives, when we lose someone we love, or when a doctor delivers news we never wanted to hear, where is God in the middle of it all?
Pain and tragedy have a way of cutting through the noise. Like a megaphone, they remind us how fragile life is and call us to examine where we’ve placed our hope. In those moments, we have a choice: get angry and run from God or turn toward Him.
Join Greg and Brian as they discuss how life’s hardest moments can become a wake-up call to realign our lives with Christ, listen for His voice, and trust in Him.
Hosted by: Greg Reed & Brian Hertzog
🌐 Listen on your favorite platform:
solidstart.buzzsprout.com
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more.
📌 Weekly Photo & Video Contest | Weekly Winner
🏆 Winner: Cody Sherrill
This week’s Employee Photo Contest winner, Cody Sherrill, caught this sunrise stretching across the horizon at the Biocenter in Young America.
An early start comes with its perks, and every once in a while, the job gives you a front-row seat to something worth stopping for.
Great shot, Cody! 📸
There were several submissions last week, the most we have seen so far in any single week since beginning the employee photo contest. It was really hard to narrow it down to just one. Please keep the submissions coming!
Be sure to send submit your entries to us this week using one of the following methods:
- Text your entries to 574-699-1155
- Email to [email protected]
Photo Contest Leaderboard
Leaderboard Scoring Breakdown (Event Showcase Challenge Winner = 100 Points, Weekly Winner = 50 Points, Honorable Mention = 10 Points)
Keep the submissions coming for your chance to earn MB Awards, and work your way up the leaderboard! Want to participate in this week’s photo contest? It’s really easy! See details on how to submit your pics below.
The Merrell Bros. Employee Photo Contest that gives you the opportunity to earn MB Awards points bonuses, have your photos featured online, and compete with coworkers as you rack up wins and climb the leaderboard for even more bonuses!
How It Works
- Submit your photos and videos each week.
- If we use your photo or video on social media, the website, or in any marketing materials, you earn MB Awards points — no limit on how many times you can earn.
- Multiple submissions = more chances to earn.
- Each week, we will announce our “Photo (or Video) of the Week” contest winner on social media and in the weekly update text.
- We may also highlight additional weekly honorable mentions, which will also earn MB Awards points if used in marketing materials (social media posts, website, signage, etc.).
- We’ll track participation and highlight Top Contributors on a running leaderboard, occasionally running competitions and giving you chances to earn even more!
What to Send
Any cool, interesting, fun, etc. pictures or videos from around the company. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Job site action shots
- Team moments
- Equipment in use
- Cool project highlights
- Scenic shots featuring Merrell Bros., Inc. or FloridaGreen logos
There’s no wrong submission — just have fun with it.
How to Send Us Your Pictures/Videos
- Text your entries to 574-699-1155
- Email to [email protected]
Replying directly to the weekly update text will no longer work, so please text your photos to the number shown above, or email them to marketing at the email address shown above.
We will no longer be able to see pictures sent in via reply to the weekly update text.
🙏 How Can We Support You in Prayer This Week?
If you have a prayer request, click here to share how we can pray for you.
