Highway Cleanup 2023

We recently completed our annual highway cleanup outside Stevens Point. H&S adopted a two-mile stretch of Rt. 66 between Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids 20 years ago. It may seem like a small thing, but it’s big to us.

As a company focused on the communities we serve, we believe having roadways looking pristine and green is important, both aesthetically and in terms of keeping trash out of our waterways, trees and bushes. Those plastic bags you see flapping in the wind in trees or shrubs won’t be an issue along OUR stretch of highway. That’s important.

Each year as we work together filling bags with the discards of our society, we also get that feeling of camaraderie with our team. We catch up on each other’s lives. We hear about family issues, tell jokes and hear stories. Connecting with each other is good for us, and it also helps us be better providers because our team members know and support each other. That enhances our service to customers.

This year, 15 team members participated in our cleanup, including two who traveled from our Pewaukee office. We have to maintain staff answering phones and handling any critically timely issues, so not everyone can participate in any given year, but we work to ensure that everyone who wants to do their part in keeping Wisconsin’s roads trash-free get that opportunity. We hope our efforts inspire others to adopt a road for cleanup. Our roads and environment deserve this extra care.

Alicia Jensen Wins “Toni” Award for Exceptional Service

We recently honored Alicia Jensen with our annual “Toni” Award, which recognizes exceptional service by an H&S employee working with the community, co-workers and customers. It’s an award we’ve handed out to a selected member of our team for over 20 years. We believe it’s significant to keep those three pillars – customers, co-workers, community – in the forefront of how we approach business every day.

In some ways that’s hard to do as day-to-day activities, challenges and problems arise that can distract from “how” we approach our work. But, we all work hard at H&S to keep those three pillars at the top of our list on a daily basis.

Alicia, in many ways, exemplifies how we approach our work. She is someone you can count on regardless of the project she undertakes. She shows enthusiasm, goes the extra mile and thinks through how best to service customers, engage with the Stevens Point community and work in tandem with her fellow employees. It’s a pleasure to have her on our staff.

We find the winners of our Toni Award help the office in terms of morale and enthusiasm. Those are important qualities to have in a business environment, ones we value and want to see emulated. Alicia is at the top when it comes to those qualities.

The Toni Award shapes who we are at H&S. It is also a way for us to reward and recognize an individual each year who exemplifies how we want to do business. Thank you, Alicia, for setting a high bar.