Wellness Program

Mission Statement

To educate, support, and empower employees and their dependents to improve and maintain their overall health and well-being through healthy lifestyle choices and to create a culture of wellness throughout the Ogallala Community.

 Objectives:

  • Encourage all employees of the city of Ogallala to participate in the wellness program
  • Long term commitment to the wellness program
  • Educate employees on a long term lifestyle change
Why A Wellness Program?
  • Improve Employee Moral
  • Improve Employee Productivity
  • Increase recruitment and employee retention.
  • Reduced health care costs
  • Weight Reduction
  • Improved physical fitness
  • Increased Stamina
  • Lowers Levels of stress
  • Increased well-being, self image, and self esteem
Who is Eligible?
  • Any permanent full time and permanent part time employee upon completion of the initial 6 month evaluation period.
  • Spouses are included.
  • Any employee under the age of 21 is exempt from the wellness bio-metric readings.  They do have to complete the HRA, BPM SKF%, HT, WGT to be eligible. 
Components Of The Program
  • Wellness Wednesday Bio-metric Readings
  • Monthly Exercise Cards
  • Monthly Challenges
  • Wellness Education Classes
 
 
 

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