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📰 Company News & Announcements
📌 Customer Appreciation Week at Indy Disposal Solutions (IDS) | October 29 & 30
Showing appreciation to the customers who help keep Indy Disposal Solutions moving!
If you’re in the area and able to stop by on October 29th and 30th for IDS’ yearly Customer Appreciation Event, then come join the team for some delicious barbecue!
It’s a fantastic way of saying thank you to the customers who trust us with their business and continue to support IDS. It’s an amazing event and seems to keep getting bigger and better each year!
Hats off to the IDS team for putting this event together each year and taking excellent care of their customers!
📌 ERP Quest Update: Super Users Put IFS to the Test!
Our ERP Super Users are testing IFS (Industrial and Financial Systems) by completing everyday tasks in the new system, identifying problems, and helping make improvements before company-wide rollout.
Why does it matter? Finding and fixing issues now means fewer headaches, smoother processes, and a system that works better for everyone when it’s time to go live.
Thank you to our Super Users for helping get IFS ready for the entire Merrell Bros. team!
📌 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:
Make the most of what you’ve been given.
We all have three valuable resources: time, talent, and treasure. This week, think about how you’re using each one and look for an opportunity to put them to good use.
Whether it’s giving someone your time, sharing your talents, or using your resources to help others, find one intentional way to make a positive difference this week.
🎧 Solid Start Podcast | Weekly Devotional
Overview: In this episode of Solid Start, Greg and Brian welcome Ted Merrell to discuss the true meaning of excellence—doing the best you can with what you have. Ted challenges us to reflect on three gifts God has given each of us—our Time, Talents, and Treasures—and how applying biblical principles can help us use these gifts wisely and faithfully.
Hosted by: Greg Reed & Brian Hertzog
Special guest: Ted Merrell
🌐 Listen on your favorite platform:
solidstart.buzzsprout.com
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more.
📌 Weekly Employee Photo Contest Winner(s)
🏆 Winner (Week 48): Nick Cooper
This week’s winning photo comes from Nick Cooper of our Events Team, who captured the crew wrapping up a temporary belt press rental at the Ottumwa Generating Station in Iowa.
It’s one more way we help customers get the job done without the expense or long-term commitment of purchasing equipment they may only need temporarily.
Great shot, Nick, and great work to the crew on another successful project! 📸
🏆 Winner (Week 47): Larry McVicker
Most days at the shop, you expect to see trucks and equipment. Every once in a while, you get a rocket launch.
This week’s second Employee Photo Contest winner comes from Larry McVicker, who caught a pretty incredible sight above our Merrell Bros. shop in Florida.
As a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, its glowing trail stretched across the evening sky, putting on quite a show above the trucks parked below.
Not exactly something you see every day at work. Then again, when your shop is in Florida, sometimes even the sky likes to show off once in a while.
Great timing and an even better shot, Larry! 🚀📸
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.
