Your wellness is worth
its weight in gold.
We’re here to encourage and inspire you in pursuit of it.
Gold Standard Well-being is a Marco wellness initiative designed to encourage you in your pursuit of physical, mental and emotional wellness by fostering a worksite culture that supports your desire to make healthy lifestyle choices.
MONTHLY FOCUS - Purposeful Gratitude — Reflect, Reclaim, Rise -
MONTHLY FOCUS - Purposeful Gratitude — Reflect, Reclaim, Rise -
DECEMBER’S THEME
PURPOSEFUL GRATITUDE- Reflect, Reclaim, Rise
This December, our wellbeing content shifts from simply closing the year to consciously preparing for what’s next. Purposeful Gratitude guides us to pause and reflect on the moments, lessons, and growth that shaped our year — while reconnecting with a deeper sense of purpose. Through intentional practices, thoughtful conversation, and future-focused goal setting, we move from appreciation into action. The result? Greater clarity, renewed motivation, and a stronger sense of direction as we step into the new year.
What you can expect:
Reflect on growth, resilience, and wins
Reclaim personal purpose and alignment
Rise with clear intentions and meaningful goals for the year ahead
This theme supports emotional wellbeing and creates a powerful bridge between year-end reflection and new-year momentum.
COMING IN JANUARY 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
Most of the trivia questions are based on the content we provided in November (and our talks on Generational Intelligence and Brain Mapping/Neurofeedback. If you missed any of the Lunch + Learns and would like to learn more, please check out the recordings tab, right here on the website.
You have until 12/31/25 to participate in this month’s trivia and your chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
CONGRATS to our recent Trivia Winners: November - Hunter Bultema, October - Kevin Harrison, September - Tyler Johnson, August - Amy Mills, July - Andrew Perrin.
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
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
RECORDINGS
Revisit, watch on your own time, or explore our educational talks, movement breaks, guided meditations, wellness challenges, and more.
