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Veterans United Home Loans pledges support for National Employee Wellness Month in June

June 3, 2013

Company joins leading U.S. organizations in promoting the value of an engaged and healthy workforce

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Veterans United Home Loans announced today it has pledged to support and participate in the fifth annual National Employee Wellness Month. The month-long initiative helps business leaders learn how to successfully engage employees in healthy lifestyles that can directly impact health care costs, productivity and employee job satisfaction.

"We are excited to join companies all over the nation for National Employee Wellness Month," said Amanda Andrade, chief people officer for Veterans United. "Helping our employees take care of their overall well-being is a priority for the company. We have a dedicated team who focus their workdays on enhancing the lives of others through a host of wellness activities and programs, including a certified fitness and nutrition expert that is on-site each day."

Recently, Veterans United was awarded the Work-Life Seal of Distinction from the Alliance for Work-Life Progress due in part to its life balance department that was created in 2012. The department uses the company's core values - be passionate, deliver results with integrity and enhances lives - as a guide to provide a wide range of unique programs for each employee.

More than 175 companies across the United States and more than 70,000 of their employees have pledged their support to this workplace wellness initiative. National Employee Wellness Month is sponsored by Virgin HealthMiles, in partnership with Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and WorldatWork.

Find more information and resources about workplace wellness at nationalemployeewellnessmonth.com.

Find more information about careers at Veterans United at https://careers.veteransunited.com/.

Veterans United Facts

  • $34 billion
    in loans financed in 2022
  • Defense Employer Support Freedom Award Recipient
    by the Secretary of Defense
  • More than 4,300 employees
    in more than 36 states
  • More than $130 million
    raised for nonprofit charitable arm, Veterans United Foundation since Nov. 2011
  • No. 8 Best Place to Work
    according to Glassdoor Best Places to Work in 2022

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Meet The Expert

Chris Birk, Vice President of Mortgage Insight at Veterans United Chris Birk
Author, The Book on VA Loans

Chris is the nation’s leading expert on VA Loan benefits. He authored The Book on VA Loans in 2011, and maintains the VA Loans Insider blog. His analysis and articles have appeared at a host of sites and publications, including the Washington Post, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle and more. Members of the media may request a free copy of The Book on VA Loans to learn more about the VA loan program.

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