Your wellness is worth
its weight in gold.
We’re here to encourage and inspire you in pursuit of it.
Gold Standard Wellbeing builds whole-person health at Marco, helping employees thrive at work and at home while feeling better, performing better, and staying longer.
Welcome May 🌷
Welcome May 🌷
Women’s Health + Mental Health: Whole Health For Everyone
This May, in recognition of both Women’s Health and Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re focusing on Women’s Health + Mental Health: Whole Health for Everyone.
Mental health, hormones, sleep, stress, and energy are all deeply connected, and women’s health offers a powerful lens into how these systems work together.
This month is about building awareness, reducing stigma, and sharing simple, practical tools to support your health, both mentally and physically.
We’ll explore topics like nervous system regulation, stress resilience, movement, nourishment, sleep, emotional wellbeing, hormonal health, and the importance of connection and community. While many conversations will center around women’s health, the reality is that these lessons benefit everyone. When we better understand the body, the brain, and the impact of modern life on our wellbeing, we create healthier workplaces, families, and communities for all.
Expect thoughtful conversations, approachable education, and small daily practices designed to help you feel more grounded, energized, supported, and connected this month. 🌷
Play Earth Month Trivia
April is Earth Month, and we’re celebrating Mother Nature as the original wellness guide. From sunlight and sleep to movement and fresh air, small moments outdoors can support better energy, mood, and resilience. Test your knowledge and see how well you know the science behind nature and wellbeing.
You have until 4/30/26 to participate in this month’s trivia and your chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
CONGRATS to our recent Trivia Winners: March - Marc Welander, February - Leslie Sampson, January - Eric Seng, December - Deanna Warrington, November - Hunter Bultema, October - Kevin Harrison, September - Tyler Johnson, August - Amy Mills, July - Andrew Perrin.
☀️ Mark Your Calendar - JUNE 1-11 ☀️
Get ready for our Sunshine + Small Wins – Summer Reset Series, a week dedicated to simple habits that help us recharge for the season ahead.
We’ll be celebrating wellness through four focus areas: Move, Rest, Nourish, and Connect, with activities, challenges, and events designed to help you build momentum one small win at a time.
More details coming soon. For now, mark your calendar and get ready to reset!
Introducing NestWELL, brand new for 2026 and created specifically for Marco and Gold Standard Wellbeing. NestWELL is Nest Health Connections’ virtual wellness coach, designed to give you instant, personalized support for nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, mental wellbeing, habits, and energy.
Powered by AI and grounded in evidence-based wellness, it adapts to your goals, schedule, and real life, delivering guidance that is practical, supportive, and easy to use. Whether you need a quick reset, a healthy meal idea, help building a habit, or support managing stress, NestWELL is here for you, 24/7. No apps. No appointments. Just smart, confidential, personal coaching when you need it most.
Run, Fun & Done: 2025 Quarterly 5K Highlights🏃♂️🥇🏃♀️
From snowy sidewalks to sunny trails, Marco employees showed up all year long. Across all four seasons, hundreds of participants walked, ran, and moved together this year— with friends, family, coworkers, pets, and plenty of joy along the way. These quarterly 5Ks have become one of our most loved wellness traditions, reminding us that movement builds connection, strengthens wellbeing, and creates memories that last far beyond the finish line. Thank you to everyone who joined us — every step you took made this community stronger.
Q1 Winners - Mike, Guille, Kim Hawkins,
Q2 - Winner - DJ Eschmann, Bob Karlen
Q3 Winners - Wayne Rambler, Carin Evan, Patty Asmus
Q4 Winners - Sandi Helm, Jeanette Faucett, Darlene Stang
All New - 2026
MARCO’s 1st - COMMUNITY RUNNING CLUB 👟🏃♀️🏃♂️🏅
The Marco Running Club brings together like-minded teammates of all skill levels who want to move with purpose, build consistency, and celebrate progress — personal and collective.
This isn’t just a run group. It’s a commitment to:
Set and achieve individual running goals
Stay accountable through bi-weekly or monthly check-ins
Connect through local events and shared challenges
Support Marco-driven and community fundraising efforts
Learn through Q&A sessions, expert tips, and guest speakers
Short-Term Focus
Launch the club with clarity
Assess skill levels + define personal goals
Establish realistic commitments and action plans
Long-Term Vision
Build momentum through local + national team events
Achieve meaningful milestones together
THANK YOU for participating in our 3rd ANNUAL - Week of Wellness!
Thank you for making our 3rd Annual Week of Wellness such a meaningful success.
From afternoon hikes and mason jar salads in Fargo, Sioux Falls, St. Cloud, and Minnetonka, to powerful keynote sessions with Dan Nevins, Amy Impara Gregory, and our own Heidi Uphaus, last week was all about reconnecting—to ourselves, to each other, and to what well-being really looks like.
We loved seeing your engagement—from the Wellness Passport to hydration challenge check-ins—and watching wellness take shape in real time: over lunch, on a trail, in conversation, or at your desk. You showed up, and it mattered.
Our Week of Wellness Winners included:
Jason Cook - Field Hydration Challenge - $50 Amazon Gift Card
Christine Groetsch + Eric Seng - Passport Challenge Winners - YETI COOLER
🎉 August's Bingo Movement Challenge Was a Massive Hit!
We loved hearing how last month's challenge helped get you moving every day — your energy and enthusiasm were inspiring! Thanks to everyone who participated and shared their stories, bingo cards and even pics of your cute pups! And special shout out to Heidi Uphus and Leslie Sampson for getting BINGO BLACKOUT!!
👉 Click here to find out the winners of the 4 - $25 Amazon Gift Cards
CEO Doug Albregts introduces Gold Standard Well-being and answers a
question we all should consider: “What does well-being mean to you?”
We recognize how difficult it is to prioritize your well-being when work requires you to be in the car or traveling from place to place. In an effort to support your desire to live well alongside your professional lifestyle, we’ve put together Marco on the Move – a hub for all things wellness on-the-go.
UPCOMING
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