Employee Wellness Program

November’s Wellness Focus Newsletter
November’s Wellness Challenge

The Employee Wellness Program works to provide a variety of programs and services that address each of the five components of employee wellness: emotional, intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual.  Additionally, we work to:

• Collaborate with others to cultivate a healthy, safe, and supportive environment
• Assist individuals and sites in meeting their diverse wellness needs
• Assist in the implementation of federal, state, and local health-related guidelines, objectives, and regulations

The following programs and services are available to employees throughout the year:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Focus Newsletter
• Wellness Challenges - In an effort to encourage healthy habits and behaviors, a monthly wellness challenge is offered to all employees.  The challenges are available the 1st of each month.  Each challenge has specific instructions and goals.  Employees meeting the challenge will be entered into a random drawing for fun and health-related prizes. 
• GlobalFit - Through GlobalFit, all BCPS and their families have access to:
  • Broad selection of fitness clubs at the lowest available rates
  • Special low pricing on NutriSystem®, a proven, effective weight-loss plan.
  • Exclusive low prices on home exercise equipment and videos.
  • Great prices on highly-effective behavior management programs such as smoking cessation, weight loss, stress reduction, prenatal care.
  • For more information go to www.globalfit.com/bcps
• CPR Training - Classes at the worksite. Minimum of 8 people. $30/person.
• Smoking Cessation
  • Free Quitline for Individuals – includes free telephone-based quit smoking counseling, quit coach, and nicotine patches.
  • Free Smoking Cessation Program for Groups – includes eight sessions, and nicotine replacement therapies.
• Fitness Center Discounts - Discounted membership fees and special offers to local fitness clubs available to BCPS employees.
• Worksite Wellness Presentations/Screenings – Kaiser Permanente offers a variety of health related presentations and screenings.  Please see attached for a complete list.  They typically require 60 days advance notice.  To request their services, please complete the attached.
• Health Information Seminars - Stress management, time management, nutrition, etc. To schedule, please contact Janice Zimmerman, 410-887-5414, jzimmerman@bcps.org .
• Massages
• Body Composition Analysis - Test to determine body fat percentage. Minimum of 10 people. Contact Karen Heinrich to schedule.

The followings programs and services are offered annually:

• 10,000 Steps Toward Wellness – an 8-week individual program that encourages people to increase their steps to 10,000 a day.  This program is pedometer based and begins in October.
• Flu Vaccine Program - Free flu shot offered every fall on a first-come, first-served basis for full and part-time permanent employees.
  • Flu Vaccine Clinic sites and dates
  • Directions to sites
• Active for Life 2008 - an American Cancer Society program that encourages people to increase their level of physical activity.
• Resources
  • American Cancer Society (ACS)
  • Capital Blue Cross
  • Wellness Proposals Newsletters (Variety of Topics)

For more information or to request a program or materials, please contact Karen Heinrich or Jenny Ward, Wellness Representatives, at 410-887-6397.