{"id":644,"date":"2013-09-26T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/?p=644"},"modified":"2013-10-24T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:18:16","slug":"kicking-off-with-a-healthy-start-employee-wellness-team-event-promotes-healthy-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2013\/09\/26\/kicking-off-with-a-healthy-start-employee-wellness-team-event-promotes-healthy-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off with a Healthy Start: Employee Wellness Team Event Promotes Healthy Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EWT-event\"<\/a>To begin the school year with a health conscious approach, the Employee Wellness Team (EWT) held an event to spread awareness to administrators and <\/ins>faculty and staff members about the College\u2019s wellness program. This is the first formal kick-off EWT has held, and\u00a0 member Brenda Spiker, Human Resources, was pleased with its success.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026hopefully this event sparked some interest in upcoming programs and events the Team has planned for the remainder of the academic year,\u201d said Spiker.<\/p>\n

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Our goal is to increase the awareness of wellness initiatives on campus”<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The kick-off was held Sept. 16 in the KAV with activities promoting health awareness including biometric screenings, completion of the Personal Health Profile on the Capital BlueCross website and a healthy lunch. Participants were given a pedometer\u2014a device that tracks how far you walk, run, or bike and then stores that information in a fitness log\u2014and were entered into a drawing for an oil mister. Also, anyone who completed the Personal Health Profile received his or her choice of a $10 College Store coupon or $10 in Jaybucks.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to increase the awareness of wellness initiatives on campus and to help employees gain a better understanding of their health and what they can do to improve health issues they might have,\u201d said Spiker.<\/p>\n

Upcoming EWT events include an eight-week EMPOWER weight management program which begins Oct. 7 and a fall hike on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

EWT Members and Contact Information <\/b><\/p>\n