Brad Solberg BG Wellness Committee “Manage your health, don’t let your

health manage you.” –Author Unknown

The mission of our company is to promote, establish and maintain a

workplace that encourages a worksite culture that supports an

individuals desires to make healthy lifestyle choices, while increasing

personal productivity and enhancing ones mental and physical well-being.

Improve production by 10% Reduce the number of employee smokers

by 20% Reduce absenteeism by 5% Reduce health care cost Enhance company’s image

Improved employee’s health and fitness Improved productivity and morale Improved job satisfaction and team spirit Reduced absenteeism and turnover Reduced stress and ergonomic injuries Reduced workers compensations claims

Increase daily activity level Increase overall health status Increased energy levels/motivation Mental health/stress reduction/Mood Self esteem boost/goals Social benefits Lifelong activity Weight reduction

http://www.wellnessproposals.com/pdfs/employee_interest_survey.pdf

http://www.wellnessproposals.com/pdfs/organizational_health_survey.pdf

Any worker employed by ESPN Bristol municipal building

8 week 10,000 step program (Walk Across Australia)

Every step you take

10,000 steps puts a emphasis on physical activity throughout an entire day. 10,000 steps is the recommended daily activity level for a healthy adult

Steps per day <5,000 Sedentary 5,000 - 7,499 Low Active 7,500 - 9,999 Some what Active >10,000 Active >12,500 Highly Active

Form team with in the workplace (8-10 people)

Wear pedometers and accumulate steps to complete walking journey

Complete a virtual walking tour of Australia

Earn rewards as you walk

Byron Bay - 0 steps, 0m Broken Hill - 1,437,500 steps, 1,150,000m Coober Pedy - 2,250,000 steps, 1,800,000m Uluru - 2,875,000 steps, 2,300,000m Gibson Desert - 3,500,000 steps, 2,800,000m Collier National Park - 4,375,000 steps,

3,500,000m Carnarvon - 5,000,000 steps, 4,000,000m Byron to Carnarvon=5 million steps

Promote a team captain that will encourage team members and communicate information

Each team member will have an individual log sheet

Each team member should turn in log sheet to team captain every Friday

We will pick up log sheets and communicate important information to team captain every Friday

A pedometer is a device used to measure individual foot strikes and hip swings

Calibrate your pedometer to your individual stride (see instruction inside package)

2,000 steps is equivalent to 1 mile Clip pedometer to waist each morning

you wake Reset pedometer each morning

Take a walk with your spouse, child, or friend Use the stairs instead of the elevator Park farther from the store Better yet, walk to the store Get up to change the channel Window shop Plan a walking meeting Walk over to visit a neighbor Get outside to walk around the yard Walk mow Walk the dog Walk to work if possible

Employee’s with a disability must request accommodations

We will set up a special program to accommodate any disability

Advance noticed required

Wednesday May 13th

Team registrations due Monday May 18th

Healthy breakfast kick off meeting 7:00 A.M. Monday May 18th – Friday July 10th

Walk across Australia Starts Wednesday June 17th

Half way mark Awards to be given Friday July 10th

Walk across Australia ends final logs turned in Monday July 13th

Awards presentation lunch

Pedometer to keep Log sheets Calendar of events Motivational E-mails Electronic post cards from each city

visited

Pedometers-approximately $3,000-7,000 Printed log sheets Kick off Breakfast End of Journey Lunch Assorted prized

Certificates Water Bottles T-Shirts Cook books Time off work $200 cash prize drawing

$5 pedometer fee Cost of personal items

Healthy food added to vending machine/Cafeteria

Noon walking trail/route Non-smoking policy/100 ft from building Flex-time for exercise Wellness library Showers after noon walk

Certificate of participation to all teams T-Shirts for all participating teams Cookbooks for all employees completing journeys Water bottles for teams hitting the halfway point on

time Paid time off work for team logging the most miles

(half day to day) Weekly electronic post cards from each city you

complete Employees completing journey will be entered into a

$200 dollar cash prize drawing Improved well-being

Flyers Stair cases Entrances Water fountains Break Rooms Rest Rooms

Emails Announcements Footsteps coming into building Bulletin Boards