 We know the impact that poor employee health has a worksite. More than a decade’s worth of data chronicles devastating costs to employers from chronic disease, absenteeism, disability, leaves of absence, lower employee engagement, and higher employee turnover.
WorkWell KS helps employers develop worksite wellness plans that combat these issues and maximize return on investment through a focus on policy and environmental changes at the worksite. We see health as a business strategy. With this unique focus, WorkWell KS has made great strides in improving the health of worksites and employees across Kansas. Work Well KS will offer work site wellness programs in Pittsburg in August. Please register your work site as soon as possible to ensure your place in the workshop. Presenter: Work Well KS - Dr. Elizabeth Ablah August 30 - 1:00 to 5:00 - Work site wellness Foundation workshop (Afternoon snacks provided) August 31 - 8:00 to Noon - Work site wellness Healthy Food workshop (Breakfast provided) Location: Pittsburg Fire Department, 911 W. 4th, Pittsburg Cost: Free Requirements: Work sites should send at least two representatives to the training. All members of their wellness committee are welcome to attend. If your work site doesn't currently utilize a work site wellness committee, send two or more employees to the foundation workshop to learn more about it. Attendance: Choose one workshop or attend both. It will help you with:
As a WorkWell KS participant, your worksite wellness team can receive training and technical assistance through the development and implementation of a worksite-specific wellness plan that includes evidence-based strategies for improving productivity, decreasing health related costs, and improving employee health. There is no cost to your worksite aside from travel expenses participants may incur to attend a half-day workshops. WorkWell KS participants also have access to additional resources to help build the initiative over time:
WorkWell KS is designed to help you integrate wellness throughout your worksite. Your leadership is critical to the success of this initiative!
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A sign next to a newly painted hopscotch court on a sidewalk at Winston Park in Girard encourages adults to “get up and move with your child” by tossing a small rock onto one of the squares, then hopping over it.
Sabrina Murphy was happy to do so with her three children on a picture-perfect morning June 2; they were among the first to use the colorful sidewalk suggestions — part of the park’s Born Learning Trail — after a ribbon cutting a few minutes earlier made it official. It was the third such trail to open in the Four States as a partnership of Live Well Crawford County, United Way Success by 6 through United Way of Southwest Missouri & Southeast Kansas, and area municipalities and foundations. “The color is so vibrant, it really attracts your eye, and then when you read the signs, it inspires you to do things you might not have thought of otherwise,” Sabrina said before helping her youngest, Ellie, 3, to navigate the hopscotch board. “We love this park anyway, but this really made it more friendly for families and kids because it gives us something to do together.” That’s exactly what those who spearheaded the project had in mind. "The Born Learning Trail turns a regular outing with a child into a fun learning opportunity,” said Coordinator Emma Frogge, noting that each trail helps build language and thinking skills that are fundamental to a child’s success in school and in life. The first six years are when the most brain development occurs. “Listen to the birds,” says a sign installed along the trail by City of Girard employees. “What are they saying? Can you sing like them?” Nearby, colorful birds and music notes painted by Girard High School art students cover the sidewalk. Last summer, similar trails opened at Schlanger Park in Pittsburg and at Wildcat Glades in Joplin. Another is on tap to open in Baxter Springs. The official trail opening at Girard drew a large crowd of children and their caregivers, with many, like the Murphy family, spending the morning trying it out. Children ages birth to 6 each received a free book to take home. United Way Director Duane Dreiling said any community may request such a trail. “We’re happy to work with anyone who would want to pursue putting one of these in,” he said. Live Well Chair Martha Murphy said it was a perfect partnership for the organization. "These trails encourage families to be active together, and that's what we're all about," she said. "That's what we want to see more of." |
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