Staff Appreciation Week 2024

ADG Sponsored Days:

Staff AppreciationWeek

Our ADG philosophy is to celebrate everyone when we can throughout the year. We are excited to share details about the upcoming week of celebration, starting on October 13th and ending on the 19th! Listed below are ADG-sponsored theme days as well as a list of ideas, created in support with a group of your peers, for additional themes and games you and your team can choose from for the remaining days of the week!

• Monday, October 14th: Decoration Day! As we find ourselves entering the holiday seasons and spotting decorations for a variety of festivities, we want to host our own decoration day. Teams are encouraged to put on their creative thinking caps to kick off this celebration week with a decorating activity of their choice. Some clinics in the past have done pumpkin carving/painting, you can decorate your clinic with seasonal + celebratory decor, or do a door of decor on one of the treatment room doors honoring the team!

• Tuesday, October 15th: Practice's choice of activity and/or theme. Additional ideas listed below; and don't forget to utilize your vendor/rep relationships to sponsor meals/activities!

• Wednesday, October 16th: Health + Wellness Day! Every day, our teams put their patients and clients first! We want to take today to put you and your wellbeing first. ADG will be sending each member of the team a gift on this day. We also encourage your team to identify a wellness activity to do together! As an example, maybe you host a yoga session during the lunch hour, set up a meditation or journal/coloring station in your breakroom for the day, or go for a walk as a team after the shift to decompress. Mental and physical wellness is extremely important and we want to encourage each employee to prioritize their health and wellbeing!

• Thursday, October 17th: Practice's choice of activity and/or theme. Additional ideas listed below; and don't forget to utilize your vendor/rep relationships to sponsor meals/activities!

• Friday, October 18th: Super-human Day! YOU are a super-human, super hero, and super employee! Working in this industry requires a wide variety of skills and those skills deserve to be highlighted like a super hero, or even like an Olympian. With 2024 being an Olypmic year, it seems fitting celebrate your team like champions and possibly even host your own office Olympics. Your team can wear work appropriate athletic wear on shift and you can host *safe* games like an e-collar contest or who can write a prescription legibly in record timing. Not feeling sporty? That is A-OK! Instead of sporty-wear, dress up as your favorite super hero for the day!

In addition to the fun games and activities during the week, we want to share a reminder to take photos during your celebrations and send them to ammercado@adcmg.com. The photos shared will be posted on social media and highlight the amazing work you all do. If you would like to post the week's events for your team, here is a printable version! We are extremely excited to celebrate each and every one of you during this week! The commitment you make for your patients and to your work is appreciated and noticed.

• Spirit Week/Day
• Ex: Wear fun socks, Wild + fun hairstyles, etc.
• Pajama Day
• Decade Day
• Disney Day

• Veterinary Scavenger Hunt (Louisville Example Linked Here)

• Veterinary Bingo (Template Linked Here)

Example Activity Ideas:

Additional Theme Ideas:

• Utilize local vendors/reps to help support meals + activities for your teams this week!