A Busy February for Our Health & Wellness Team

Our crew kicked the month off with a Go Red for Women week by recognizing a GO RED activity each day.  The week’s festivities included:

Monday:           Pin Day – We handed out pins to wear all week in support.

Tuesday:          Smoothie Day – A donation was given for each smoothie.

Wednesday:    Red Snack Day – Enjoyed strawberries and chocolate dip.

Thursday:         Appreciation Day – Gave a heart to someone you appreciate at work & told them why.

Friday:              Wear Red Day – Wore red and a smile. 

Center staff continues to log their health and wellness activities on the American Heart Association ® Start! website.   Julie Hall won a gift card to Starbucks for logging the most activities this month with Sandy Adams right behind winning a gift card for Subway.

Guest speaker, Venette Hysmith from Affordable Wellness Massage spoke to The Center about the importance of deep breathing, proper stretching, and ergonomics for the workplace.  We all came away with some new and simple to use health nuggets to put into practice.

Souper Thursdays continues to produce delicious feast and donations to the Cystinosis Research Network.   Here’s a look at one of our favorites!

Our Health & Wellness Crew Are at It Again!

Last week The Center got a reality check by inviting our insurance provider Blue Care Network to come in and to do individual Body Mass Index (BMI) assessments on most of staff.  Armed with some added motivation, that same week we listened to personal trainer Mark Floria from Franklin Athletic Club give advice, answer questions & demonstrate simple exercise techniques adding to our fitness toolbox.

We are back to our Souper Thursdays now that the holidays are over.  Planners, Tim Wyman and Laurie Renchik, cooked up some delicious soup for staff with donations going to the Cystinosis Research Network.  We would like to share a couple of our more popular recipes.