Water bottles
Workplace Wellness
The purpose of our Workplace Wellness Program is to develop staff worksite healthy eating and physical activity programs in order to improve behavior and health outcomes. Our Workplace Wellness program focuses on 4 key areas: Health Education, Physical Activity, Healthful Eating, and Site Environment.
Our Workplace Wellness programming includes: staff walking club, education campaigns, workplace table messaging, fruit & veggie challenges, “Toss it Together” lunch parties, monthly goal challenges, and monthly incentive giveaways.
Testimonials
”I’ve seen a huge improvement from last year to this year . . . we’re doing the walking clubs and if they’re [teachers] up and moving with the kids and getting them dancing their getting steps. So I think just showing them the positives that are in for them too. I’ve seen a lot of improvement.”
Teacher
Mile High Montessori“The water bottles was part of Culture of Wellness and trying to teach the kids to drink more water and we as a staff were pop drinkers and so we tried to drink more water as well. We’re trying to set that example for the kids.”
Teacher
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Challenge incentives
Individual incentives
Veggie peelers
Oven mitts
Power clips
Cutting boards
Conversation cards
Center incentives
Yoga DVDs
Food processor
Zumba kits
COWP-branded totes
Blender
Other kitchen supplies
Outcomes
371
Total staff members participated in “Toss it Together” salad lunches from 2016-2017271
Total staff members participated in the walking clubs from 2016-201781%
Of preschool staff are more aware of the importance of being physically active because of the workplace wellness program
72%
Of preschool staff are more physically active at work because of the workplace wellness program
66%
Of preschool staff are more active at home because of the workplace wellness program
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81%
Of preschool staff are more aware of the importance of healthy eating because of the workplace wellness program
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74%
Of preschool staff eat healthier at work because of the workplace wellness program
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71%
Of preschool staff eat healthier at home because of the workplace wellness program