Spear Phishing Scams — Stay Vigilant

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Spear Phishing.

Recently, HR and Payroll received several obviously fake emails to update direct deposit information for payroll.

The messages were well researched!

  • sent to the personal email addresses of different HR/Payroll employees
  • greeted the HR/Payroll employee by name
  • signed in the name of a real Menno employee
  • includes the real employee’s position or job title

This is not random phishing but targeted SPEAR PHISHING !!  HR and Payroll are not falling for these attempts to steal pay cheques.

 

What should you do?

  1. Please be alert.  If you get any message that seem fishy, immediately forward to Support@BeAdaptive.ca and mark the subject “URGENT”.
  2. During this time of transition in leadership (any time, but especially now), if anyone gets messages requesting gift cards, or anything out of the ordinary etc. please send a copy to Pearl when you forward the message to Adaptive.
  3. Remember, too:  If anyone has fallen victim to any type of phishing or scam email, call Adaptive immediately 604-357-3456.  They can help put a stop to things faster when they are informed early.  They are on call 24×7 to keep us safe.  (YES, call at midnight if you have to… much better than waiting hours until morning.)
  4. Please share this message with your team and talk about it with your team.  Everyone who has email is a potential target.  Awareness is a powerful defense.

Thanks for doing a great job and stay vigilant!!

 

The BC Office of the Seniors Advocate’s 2022/23 Long Term Care Survey

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The BC Office of the Seniors Advocate’s 2022/23 Long Term Care Survey will be carried out at Menno Home between Jan. 31st and Feb. 16th. The surveyors are volunteers that ask residents about their quality of life, their experience of care, and their satisfaction with the quality of care and services they receive.

 

Physical Distancing & Room Occupancy Limits Lifted

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Team Member Appreciation Tea 2023

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Join the Party! We’re back together agin for a LIVE program celebrating team members & recognizing longevity service awards. Thursday, Feb 16 @ 2:30 – 3:30pm. Special guest speakers will be Dr. Ken Dueck & Hon. Henry Braun!

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CANCELLED — Violence Prevention Workshop

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Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Monday, February 13, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!

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Hymn Stories – February 2023

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Jesus Loves Me. Without doubt the hymn that has influenced children for Christ more than any other is this simply stated one, written in 1860 by Anna Bartlett Warner. Warner wrote this text as a poem spoken by one of the characters in a best-selling novel written by her sister. Find out more about the fascinating Warner sisters!

Click to listen.

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Team Member Appreciation Tea 2023

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Join the Party! We’re back together agin for a LIVE program celebrating team members & recognizing longevity service awards. Thursday, Feb 16 @ 2:30 – 3:30pm

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CANCELLED — Violence Prevention Workshop

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Learn practical applications to identify risk factors of violence and de-escalation techniques at a Violence Prevention Workshop on Monday, February 13, 2023. Space is limited. Register soon!

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Menno Place welcomes Ms. Sujata Connors as our new Chief Executive Officer

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The Board of Directors of the Mennonite Benevolent Society is pleased to announce Ms. Sujata Connors as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Sujata is a values, faith-based leader, with over 20 years of progressive leadership experience.

Sujata was born in Halifax and raised in New Brunswick.  Having grown up in a small town of 2500 people, Sujata deeply values community and connection and very much appreciates the need of the residents at Menno. She started her career in nursing working both in the UK and Canada. She transitioned to leadership roles and has worked for a number of years within the BC Health Authorities, currently serving as a Director within the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.  Her career has been predominantly focused on supporting seniors and providing high quality health services that promote wellness, independence and choice through a person-centered approach.  Additionally, Sujata has been actively involved in collaborative partnerships to build coordinated care and streamlined systems across local and regional levels.  She has led facility redevelopment, rebuilds, capital planning and property management to support clinical services.

Sujata holds a Master of Public Administration, a Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of Science. She has also had significant training in quality improvement through the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council as well as the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement.

I want to extend my appreciation to the senior leadership team for providing interim leadership.  They will work closely with Sujata to ensure a seamless leadership transition to Menno over the next few months.

We are confident that Sujata will bring leadership, fresh eyes, thoughtfulness, creativity, care and devotion to the position.  She will be starting at Menno Place on February 22, 2023.

Carol Dyck, MBS Board Chair
on behalf of the MBS Board

Menno Home HEU Members – Pacific Blue Cross and Fair PharmaCare

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Effective November 1, 2022, HEU Members at Menno Home switched benefit providers to Pacific Blue Cross (PBC). Click for more information.

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