Adventures at the Neighborhood Trails

Wednesday, September 16th, two outdoor enthusiasts,

Ken Moore from maintance and Julie Theoret, professor

of math went for a wander on the local hiking trails.

Next trip is to Prospect Rock, 10/7 meet in Bentley

parking lot at 4:00p.m. Bring water and a snack!

Mind & Body Training with Yoga

Many JSC staff tried something new today, they had Yoga for Lunch!

Check out the class on Tuesdays @ Noon, Stage Space, $5.

Wear something comfy, open to all staff, faculty and retirees.

Fall 2009 Kick-Off Celebration

Welcome back! Enjoy a healthy fruit smoothie and find out about your well-being and programs planned for the fall at Wellness Works at JSC's semester kick-off celebration on Tuesday, September 8 at 11:30 a.m. in the Stearns Performance Space!

Wellness Celebration

Wellness Works at JSC Celebration and

Send Off for the VT Corporate Challenge Teams!

Personal Best!

Thanks to going to DC for four days, I managed to get just under 89,000 steps last week. This is by far my personal best. Unfortunately this week is not going well so far...

Healthy Meals with James Consentino

Thursday, April 16th healty meal demostration with Aramark Chef James Consentino.

Upcoming Nutrition Events: Stearns Stage Space

Friday, April 24th at 1:00p.m. join JSC Professor Andrea Altman

Tuesday, April 28th at 1:00p.m. Wild Food Walk and Slow Food presentation

Wednesday, May 6th Employee Potluck with nutritional recipes.

JSC Wellness Fund Request Form

JSC Wellness Fund Request Form
The Vermont State Colleges recognize that engaged healthy employees contribute to the success of our community.

The Vermont State Colleges Wellness Initiative seeks to increase employee awareness and knowledge to promote health and well-being. This will be achieved by engaging employees, JSC retirees, and their families in:

• Creating a community climate that supports good health practices,
• Connecting employees, retirees and their families to health related resources, and
• Encouraging and promoting well-being as an ongoing process involving all aspects of our lives.

Purpose: The JSC Wellness Fund was created to support our efforts to engage employees, retirees, and their families in wellness activities, especially those who are not currently participating in the “Wellness Works at JSC” program or other similar programs. In support of this goal, the “Wellness Works at JSC” program will set aside funding for:

• Registration for an organized wellness event where several JSC employees and retirees are participating; or
• Health related activities campus-wide.

Request for funds
Employees, retirees and their families who are seeking support from the JSC Wellness Fund should complete this form. The completed form should be submitted to Committee member Jean Reynolds in the Academic Dean’s Office. The Committee will review requests on a monthly basis. Application deadlines are the first business day of each month. Only completed applications will be considered. The maximum allocated this year for the Fund is $2,000.
The Committee will review all applications within 10 days after the deadline.

Wendy Brothers, chair of the Committee, will notify all applicants of the Committee’s decisions.

Fund awards may cover all or part of actual costs associated with wellness activities. Groups may receive funds more than once per year. Recipients of the JSC Wellness fund must provide receipts for reimbursement and prepare a brief written statement outlining the value of the activity within 30 days of completion. Receipts and statement should be submitted to Jean Reynolds.

Click here to download the form.

VT 5K Corp.Challenge & Relay Race

Upcoming Events & Deadlines:

The 5K Corporate Cup Challenge will take place on Thursday, May 21st at 6:00p.m. Get your running or walking teams from JSC together today! Teams consist of three participants, all abilities encourage to participate. Register online at www.state.vt.us/gcpfs/Registr.htm or print out form and mail in. Deadline for early registration is Wed. April 29th. Return your bib numbers to Bonnie Fairbanks, HR for reimbursement after event.

Need another challenge? Ever thought about participating in the Vermont City Marathon? Be a part of Wellness Works at JSC and participate in the Vermont City Marathon Relay event on Sunday, May 24th. We need five people from the community to fill our team. Please e-mail Wendy Brothers with you're interest.

OK. Well I totally got stood up today for the community walk. Oh well. I got about half-way around campus, and it started to sprinkle so I cut the walk short. I will get my 10,000 steps in today due to the walk!!

I won't be here next Wednesday due to break, but get ready to walk on Wed., April 15th, someone....please....

Well, Thanks must go out to the 4 (2 + 2 = you know who you are) people who joined me for the walk today. For a minute or two I thought that I was being stood up by the whole JSC community! I dodged a bullet there. I look forward to more walkers next week!

Community Walk Today

Don't forget about the Community Walk at 4:30pm today. It is such a nice day!

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 2nd and join Abbie Nelson, a chef and presenter for the Vermont FEED program that focuses on farm to school food education. She will talk at noon about preparing local foods as she shares and prepares some recipes for you to taste. This event will take place in the Stearns Stage Space 12:00-1:00p.m. Find out more about Vermont FEED at http://www.vtfeed.org/

Also as part of April’s programming on nutrition, we would like to invite you to share with your colleagues your favorite quick & healthy recipe which will be published in the Wellness Works at JSC’s First Edition Cook Book. The cook book will be presented to all at our final program where we’ll ask you to prepare your recipe for a community potluck

Please submit you favorite recipe, preferably handwritten, to Carolyn D’Luz (Academic Support Services, Dewey) or Krista Swahn, (SGA, Stearns 4th Floor) by Friday, April 3rd.

Kudo's to all you "steppers"

I am so proud of all of you for participating in this wonderful wellness activity. Remember, keep challenging yourself everyday by taking maybe one more step toward a healthier and hopefully happier lifestyle... Keep on stepping!!

Some Photos From the Kick-Off Event

Week One

OK. So I am new at this blogging thing. Week One is going OK so far, but I have not done as many steps as I would like. The weather is nice so that is encouraging. I am about to go take a walk around campous before going home.

I encourage everyone to go out and walk, but I also want to say Go Goddesses Go!!!

Pedometer Challenge

Congratulations!!

The first week of the pedometer challegne is well under way. Over 25 people joined in for the kick-off walk with President Barbara Murphy on Monday at 11:30a.m.

A second order of pedometers are in at the SHAPE Facility. Currently 23 teams have joined the eight-week challenge, that's 92 participants!!

Check in daily for updates, times to meet for afternoon walks. Send your weekly steps to your captains.

Contact members of the Wellness Works at JSC for upcoming events.

Join us for the Wellness Works at JSC Pedometer Challenge!

Regular activity, such as walking, can counteract a sedentary lifestyle and contribute to enormous health benefits, including:

A 20% reduction in breast cancer risk
A 50% reduced risk of diabetes and stroke
A 35% reduction in heart disease
Significantly reduces risk of cancer and much more...

Research proves that wearing a pedometer raises both awareness and amount of daily activity.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Sign-up this week! What you need to do is:

1) Find four teammates, fill out team roster and sign waiver. (Click here to download pdfs)

2) Drop off at the SHAPE Facility this week & pick-up pedometers.

3) Start tracking your daily steps from 3/16/09-5/15/09

4) Need a teammate or want to join a team? Reply to this e-mail, we’ll help you!

5) Join President Murphy 3/16 at 11:30 a.m. for the kick-off walk outside of SHAPE.