Maintenance and Plant Operations Employee Recognition events are celebrated by the employees of healthcare facilities maintenance and plant operations departments annually. A commemorative button is designed each year and is sold and distributed by our members. Beginning in 2006 this event became a week-long celebration that coincides with the annual ASHE healthcare engineering recognition week in October.

Besides the commemorative button, there are also posters and banners that may be purchased to make this day special for plant operations and maintenance employees. You’ll note that our buttons and posters are specific to the date of the annual Recognition Week, but the durable vinyl banners (either horizontal & vertical versions) have been designed so they are not year-specific and, therefore, can  be used year after year for your Recognition Week celebrations — a great investment at a modest price.

This year especially, be sure to recognize all the hard work your essential workers have done to keep our healthcare facilities operating safely. 

Order your buttons, banners (vertical or horizontal) and posters by clicking the order form link below, fill out the form and submit it. Due to the cancellation of the annual conference, all orders will need to be shipped. The order form will add the flat rate shipping charge automatically.  You will be sent a confirmation/invoice via email, so be sure that the email you enter is valid. If you do not receive this confirmation/invoice, please contact Jane Bruvold.

Be sure to order early!

The WHEA Board, after several weeks of careful consideration and with great thought, is announcing the cancellation of the WHEA Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition that was to be held in Appleton, September 29 – October 2, 2020, due to the continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a healthcare facility organization, the concern for the health of our attendees, technical exhibitors, conference workers and hotel personnel plus the serious consequences of holding a large gathering to our healthcare facilities around the State weighed heavily in our decision.

Please know that the WHEA Board and the Conference Committee did not come to this decision lightly. The tremendous amount of networking done at our conference is what makes it one of the premier events of the year and what also made this cancellation the right thing to do. We eagerly look forward to a full and exciting annual conference in 2021.