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MISSION STATEMENT
- To support all employees wanting to make and/or maintain healthy
lifestyle changes.
- Provide health education through the CC newsletter, flex
development activities, and special events offered throughout the year.
- Provide health and fitness classes for employees at the worksite.
WELLNESS
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
To provide education in the areas of nutrition, stress management,
fitness, heart disease risk factors, injury prevention and cancer
prevention
To improve employee morale and job satisfaction
To improve employee productivity
To improve employee health risk profiles
To provide flex activities in the area of wellness
To enhance Cuesta's image to the community and to potential
employees
To increase voluntary utilization of Wellness Program offerings
HISTORY OF THE WELLNESS
PROGRAM
The Wellness Program was initially
formulated in the fall of 1986. It was determined by a survey that there
was an employee interest in some type of health and fitness program. With
funding from the faculty/Staff Development Committee (FSDC), a pilot class
was implemented called "Stretch and Shape"; this was offered to employees
free of charge. The wellness Coordinator part-time position was funded
with resigned time.
The
program continued to flourish under the guidance of the Coordinator and
the Wellness Committee. In 1993, the coordinator funding was discontinued.
The coordinator position was filled on a volunteer basis. In 1997, the
Community Education Department took the Wellness Program under its wing.
Funding was reestablished for a part-time coordinator position, class
instructors, and the production of the monthly Wellness Newsletter that
all employees receive. Currently, no funding is available for a
coordinator position or the program. However, a volunteering
committee keeps it alive and WELL! |
"Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity". -Goethe
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