This spring, I was feeling quite useless. I was not satisfied at work, and I wanted to make a meaningful contribution to the school. While visiting with my dad over lunch during spring break, I had an idea. I would create a Wellness Committee at work.
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I pitched the idea to my boss & he gave me the go-ahead. It has been great so far.
Each month, we have a wellness challenge. At the end of the month, those who participated put their names in for a prize drawing. Here are the previous challenges:
September: Drink two water bottles a day, each work day
This was a great one to get started. Probably 75%-85% of the school chose to participate in this challenge.
October: Set a bedtime
Participants got 5 points if they were in bed on time, 3 points if they were in bed within 30 minutes of their bedtime, and 0 points for anything later
This is a very difficult one for most teachers, but I still had a handful of people who participated and really rocked it.
November: We are wearing pedometers & increasing our moves by 2,000-3,000 overall. There are several people participating, and it is quite interesting to see how your movement changes from day to day.
Other...
Later this week, we are hosting a healthy recipe swap. I am quite excited -- I have a few recipes I am going to share, and I hope to come away with a few new ones to try.
We are also hosting a biggest loser challenge in January. So many people requested it, that I couldn't turn them down!
Do you have a Wellness/Health organization at your work? What sort of programs/activities do they host?
If you were participating in Wellness Challenges, what would be a Challenge you would enjoy?
Emily,
ReplyDeleteThis is great! What great leadership! I am sure it's been a learning experience--seeing how people react to things!
Dad
Let's see...what do we do with wellness?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite wellness event is a 5k walk/run that we invite employees to attend; the Torchlight Run. It's really more of a social event than an athletic event--so it serves a dual role for us.
For the first time we did a weight loss contest--we did teams, primarily. That was fun, lots of commaradarie. I guess we had some individual awards too.
We've counted steps for a month.
At Parker Pen, I know we had a walking contest (# of miles in a month).
We have a taste a new food event occassionally, but you need a budget for that--because we buy the food.
We have a healthy food cube, where people can come and buy fruit, fruit drinks, nuts, bars--self service, honor system for payment.
I like the idea of doing a 5k walk/run!
DeleteHow often do people buy food from the healthy food cube?