Women Who Build leads a companywide fight against cancer

Martin Marietta’s Women Who Build (WWB) employee resource group successfully led a companywide campaign to raise awareness for various forms of cancer

Focused specifically on three common forms of cancer: breast cancer, skin cancer, and prostate cancer, the October campaign encouraged employees and their family members to pursue physical well-being through regular check-ins with a physician, exercise, and greater engagement with Martin Marietta’s available benefits.

While addressing a corporate office event calling participants to remember and honor those lost to cancer, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Excellence Oliver Brooks reflected on WWB’s powerful message.

“What WWB has achieved is immensely meaningful and consistent with our values,” he said. “Safety and health are integral to our framework, and their efforts through this campaign reflect that.”

Brooks also commended WWB members and volunteers for their leadership, emphasizing that their efforts will impact our community and help improve cancer survival odds through awareness and early detection.

“I have no doubt that what they’ve done is turning those odds in a different direction,” he said.

Since maintaining an active lifestyle has been found to prevent many cancers, WWB also hosted a Cancer Awareness distance challenge that challenged ONE team members to track their physical activity using the Pacer app. More than 350 people participated, with people taking more than 7,400 steps on average each day. Together, participants walked more than 40,650 miles—the equivalent of 1.5 times around the globe.

Throughout the month, WWB partnered with Martin Marietta’s Benefits team and utilized the new Choose Well wellness brand to provide employees with well-being information and resources.

“It was rewarding to see employees from across the company come together to support a cause that affects so many of us and our loved ones,” said District Regional Manager of Finance and WWB Co-Leader Lené Vitali. “The passion I witnessed from fellow WWB members was touching, and I could feel the personal weight and meaning behind their connection to the campaign.”

At the local level, activities occurred weekly in each division, including events held in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, a national nonprofit Martin Marietta proudly supports. Though it’s difficult to fully quantify the impact of WWB’s total efforts throughout the month, Martin Marietta’s health plan providers confirmed an uptick in employee screenings after the campaign.