As June Approaches, Have You Met the Requirements to Complete the Wellness Program?

As we begin to wind down the school year, we want to remind you of the requirements that must be met to complete this year’s Wellness Program. If you haven’t yet completed three of the five challenges, you’ll want to register for the upcoming Water Challenge! You have until June 30, 2018 to complete all the requirements and submit them on the Wellmark Wellness website. 


To complete the 2017-18 Wellness Program, you need to complete: 
*All Baseline Items 
• Biometrics 
• Health assessment 
• Dental screening 
• WebMD assessment 
• Annual physical 
• Volunteer time (at least 1 hour anytime/anywhere) 

*Three Activities in each Activity Category 
Preventive 
• Hearing exam 
• Eye exam 
• Flu shot 
• Self exam 
• Ergonomic challenge 
• Wellness assessment - cancer, cardiovascular, chronic fatigue 
• Current age and gender-specific exams 

Community/Social/Emotional 
• Attend Wellness Champions Lunch & Learn on (Face-to-face/Zoom) 
• Nutritional/Weight loss programs, e.g.: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig 
• Watch a Ted Talk 
• Create a goal on the WebMD Online Healthy Coach 
• Donate blood 
• Stress management – EAP 
• Web assessment – Anxiety 
• Attend Lunch & Learn w/ Dr. Aaron Rector (Face-to-face/Zoom/recorded) 

Financial 
• Savings challenge 
• Attend financial Lunch & learn 
• Download a financial app 
• Use Wellmark cost savings estimator 
• Donate to local school 
• EAP – Financial 
• Watch a Ted Talk 

Physical  
• Achieve 10,000 steps per day for 14 consecutive days 
• Participate in an organized walk/run/bike event 
• Download a fitness app 
• Attend a nutritional Lunch & Learn (Face-to-face/Zoom/recorded) 
• Ergonomic challenge 

Career 
• Recognize another staff member in the Heartbeat 
• Use EAP - Career development podcast 
• Volunteer 4 hours on behalf of the Agency 
• Read the Agency Playbook 
• Read career-related book  
• Complete the Strengths Finder 
• Watch a Ted Talk on career/purpose 

*Three of the Five Challenges  
• Ready, Set, Move           
• 5 to Thrive                     
• Stressless                       
• The Invitational             
• Water                             

Reminder: 
• New staff hired in 2017-18 will earn a Fitbit and $100 cash for completing the entire Wellness Program. 
• Staff hired prior to 2017-18 will receive $225 cash for completing the entire Wellness Program.