Calling All Employers! Eat Well Live Well Challenge

With the New Year upon us, what better time is there to start making positive changes in and around your worksite? Please consider a resolution to attain a healthier and more productive workforce. The Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a public benefit corporation focused on improving community health, shares your concern for improving your employee’s well being. To this end we are contacting you regarding the “Eat Well Live Well Challenge,” an employee wellness program promoted by the Institute. We are inviting your organization to participate in the Spring 2014 Challenge.

This result focused wellness program, provided to employers by Wegmans Markets; challenges participants to increase their physical activity and make good nutrition choices. These choices enable individuals to improve their health and lower their risk of chronic illnesses and unnecessary medical expenses, while improving health and productivity in the workplace. One critical benefit of an employee wellness program is that it’s a proven tool to help manage medical spending. Research has shown that it only takes one percent reduction in health risks to save as much as a hundred dollars annually in medical costs per person.

The Spring edition of the award-winning Eat Well Live Well Challenge is around the corner with local information and training sessions to facilitate your company’s participation. Enclosed in this email is an invitation letter with information about the Challenge. Furthermore, we have provided you with a registration form that you or a representative can fill out and return to us when you decide to participate in the Challenge training, (we would like to kindly remind you that space is limited and training spots fill up quickly so please RSVP soon).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Director of Health Promotion Initiatives, Jennifer Hark, at (716) 851-4052 or by email at BeActive@city-buffalo.org.

Sponsored by:
The Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & Western New York, Inc.
65 Niagara Square Room 607, Buffalo, New York 14202
Phone: 716-851-4052 * Fax: 716-851-4309
Email: wellness@city-buffalo.org
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