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Gov. Ricketts Honors 2022 Recipients of the Governor’s Wellness Award
From Left to Proper: Brian Hastings, President & CEO of the College of Nebraska Basis; Dr. Gary Anthone, State of Nebraska Director of Public Well being & Chief Medical Officer;
Megan Reese, Group Useful resource Navigator with ESU #2; Steffany Lien, Miss Nebraska 2022; Gov. Ricketts (podium);
Dr. Deb Carlson, President & CEO of Nebraska Methodist Faculty; Michaela Goosic, Wellness Coordinator for Related Staffing
LINCOLN – Right this moment, Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Division of Well being and Human Providers (DHHS) introduced this 12 months’s recipients of the Governor’s Wellness Award. Steffany Lien, Miss Nebraska 2022, joined the Governor and DHHS to congratulate the award recipients and spotlight the significance of office wellness. 5 Nebraska organizations are being honored for providing evidence-based worksite wellness packages.
“The Governor’s Wellness Award acknowledges employers who’ve constructed a tradition of wellness of their office,” mentioned Gov. Ricketts. “I commend this 12 months’s winners for investing within the bodily and psychological well being of their teammates. A corporation’s persons are its biggest belongings. It makes sensible enterprise sense for corporations to encourage good vitamin and wholesome existence by office packages.”
Up to now 12 months, award recipients have provided stress-reducing actions like yoga, hosted blood drives, created a college well being index, deliberate neighborhood occasions to advertise train, and offered free well being evaluation screenings for teammates.
The Governor’s Wellness Award started in 2008, making this the 15th 12 months it has acknowledged organizations that dedicate assets and time to wellness efforts within the office. Every applicant should present data within the areas of management, knowledge assortment, intervention methods, coverage/setting help, and analysis of outcomes.
The Governor’s Wellness Award has three classes:
- The Sower Award acknowledges workplaces which have established high quality wellness packages.
- The Grower Award honors companies and organizations demonstrating important enchancment in worker well being behaviors.
- The Harvester Award acknowledges employers which can be experiencing documented worth and return on funding from their wellness initiatives.
The 2022 Governor’s Wellness Award winners are:
- Related Staffing (Grand Island) – Sower Award
- Grand Island Northwest Public Colleges – Sower Award
- Nebraska Methodist Faculty (Omaha) – Grower Award
- ESU #2 (Fremont) – Grower Award
- College of Nebraska Basis (Lincoln) – Harvester Award
Together with this 12 months’s winners, 490 complete awards have been distributed throughout the state because the Governor’s Wellness Award program started.
Nebraska employers can be taught extra concerning the Governor’s Wellness Award on-line by clicking right here. Awards are offered yearly and are good for 3 years at which era reapplication is inspired.
The Governor’s Wellness Award is sponsored by the Nebraska Division of Well being and Human Providers and administered by the Panhandle Worksite Wellness Council, a part of Panhandle Public Well being District. For employers excited by beginning a wellness program, or enhancing an present one, contact Nicole Berosek at 308-279-3496 or [email protected].
Watch video of this 12 months’s wellness award ceremony by clicking right here.