Participants of the WellnessWorks annual department teams, Steps Challenge titled, 2021 Walk around the World Pole to Pole Challenge, celebrated reaching the mid-point in the challenge and one of the highlighted destinations, Antarctica South Pole last month, with a night of fun and painting with their team, at the Virtual Milestone event, “Painting with a twist”. See some of the wonderful works of art produced by MDC employees and team challenge participants.

Employee of the Aviation department - Vivien Pelkowski

Employee of the ITD department - Mari Malcom

Employee of the Medical Examination department - Jennifer Gonyea

Employee of the Finance Department - Carla Cunningham

Employee of the Finance Department - Kathyrn McMillan-White

Employee of the Juvenile Services Department – Julia Villamizar

Team captains Leah Davis Bosenar of the PROS department team, SuperSteppers (Pictured on the left) and Adela Gonzalez of the Finance department team, World Steppers (Pictured on the right) were amongst the many department captains to lend support with ensuring all team participants received their Art Kits for the fun event.

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