2007 Working Well Award Winners
Small Employer, Large Employer, and Innovative
Congratulations to the top ten employers who applied
for the award: Spirit Aerosystems, Preferred Health
Systems, Frontier El Dorado Refining Company, Davis
Moore, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, IMA of
Kansas, Delta Dental, Goddard School District, Maize
School District,
and Cargill Salt.
Small Employer Award Winner Preferred
Health Systems provides fully paid gym
memberships for employees and their families, a
smoking cessation program, healthy food options
in the workplace, team
challenges and incentives to participate, and access
to nutrition and exercise resources. PHS also
provides a free 12-week personal
finance program,
addressing the #1 stressor in the workplace.
Large Employer Award Winner Spirit
AeroSystems provides Healthy Spirit, a physical
and financial health program. The program is
designed to help employees live a healthier lifestyle
and plan for a healthier financial future. The program
includes health
assessments, education, goal setting, coaching,
physical activity and nutrition as an integrated system
for changing behaviors. Employees accomplishing
their goals are rewarded for making efforts toward
healthy lifestyles.
Innovative Award Frontier Oil Refining
Company started "Transformations" a voluntary,
small group health quest. Five employees
enroll for a 3 month health quest. Frontier provides a
YMCA membership, dietician and personal trainer for
each employee for 90 days. The employees have
before and after pictures and weight and body
measurements posted on the Intranet and updated
every 30 days. Transformations participants are
followed for one year by a monthly one-hour visit to the
personal trainer and have their lipid levels and
glucose tested every 6 months.
Two-thirds of American adults are obese or
overweight and in the past year obesity rates have
continued to rise in 31 states. But while the obesity
epidemic has garnered increased attention, a
comparable increase in action has yet to occur.
One in five people will experience some type of
disability in their lifetime. Whether that disability is
physical or mental, temporary or permanent, as a
result of an accident or aging, Independent Living
Resource Center is here to help. ILRC is a non-profit
agency that provides services and support to more
than 4,000 people of all ages each year in south-
central Kansas.
All monies raised from this event will stay in this area
and allow ILRC to continue providing resources and
services that are no longer funded by grants from the
State of Kansas.
September is National Fruits & Veggies-More
Matters Month. It's time to celebrate by eating a colorful
variety of vegetables and fruits each day. Can you do
it? It's easy, serving sizes are smaller than you think.
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