Food Fight: Rivals Square Off to End Hunger

There's nothing like hunger to get the competitive juices flowing. Two Salt Lake City-based healthcare staffing companies announced their Food Fight to End Hunger today. VISTA Staffing Solutions, a physician staffing company, and CompHealth, a provider of physician and allied healthcare staffing, will compete through the month of June, with the winning company gathering the most pounds of food per employee on behalf of the Utah Food Bank and food banks in three additional states.

“We're fierce competitors in a fiercely human business,” says VISTA Executive Vice President Katie Abby. “Our employees impact the lives of people across the globe by providing quality healthcare providers when and where they are needed. This is our chance to focus some of that energy on our own communities.”

"We can't wait to join forces with our competitors for a great cause. Our employees have big hearts and believe in giving back to the community to make it a better place," adds David Baldridge, president of CompHealth Physician Staffing.

CompHealth will pit the 663 employees in its Salt Lake City office against VISTA's 189 employees, most of whom work in Salt Lake City. Additional VISTA employees will contribute from the company's offices in Atlanta, Wilkes-Barre, PA, and Cary, NC.

The winning team will have the satisfaction of helping the Utah Food Bank meet a 57% increase in requests for food this year, and of seeing the officers of the losing company dressed in competitor's logos at the next nationwide healthcare staffing conference

For weekly updates on the Food Fight to End Hunger, visit https://blog.vistastaff.com/.

Utah Hunger Facts

• 1 in 10 Utahns and 1 in 8 Utah children lives in poverty. A family of four living in poverty makes just over $22,050 a year to cover health care expenses, shelter, food and other household expenses (U.S. Census Bureau: Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2009).
• 1 in 7 Utah children under the age of 18 is at risk of hunger. 1 in 6 young Utah children under the age of 5 is at risk of hunger (Child Food Insecurity in the United States, 2005 - 2007)
• Utah is ranked 4th in the nation for the highest rate of food insecurity. More than 345,700 individuals are at risk of missing or skipping a meal due to a lack of resources (US. Department of Agriculture, Household Food Security in the United States, 2007).
• Over 134,000 Utahns receive food stamps, which are not even half of those who are eligible (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2005).
• In Utah, over 63,000 people a month eat dinner at a soup kitchen (Utahns Against Hunger, 2006).
• Nearly 300,000 Utah children receive free or reduced lunch -that's about 40% of all school-age children (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2004).

CompHealth
Founded in 1979, CompHealth, a CHG Healthcare Services company, is a leading provider of temporary physician staffing (also known as locum tenens) and physician permanent placement services in the United States. The company is also a leading provider of temporary and permanent allied health staffing. For more information, visit us online at www.comphealth.com.

CompHealth Contact:
Laura Goulding
Public Relations Specialist
CHG Healthcare Services
801.930.3743
laura.goulding@chghealthcare.com

About VISTA Staffing Solutions

VISTA Staffing Solutions (www.vistastaff.com) is a leading provider of temporary physician staffing and permanent physician search services. Founded in 1990, the employee-owned company helps hospitals, medical practices and government agencies solve their physician staffing challenges. VISTA is the only agency that offers short- and long-term domestic jobs, international work opportunities, and permanent placement for physicians. The company is a founding member of the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO).