2023 Committees' Annual Report

WELLNESS & HEALTHCARE COMMITTEE

MISSION ■ Promote awareness and adoption of healthy habits through educational initiatives. ■ Empower employees to be responsible for their own daily choices toward living a balanced and mindful lifestyle. ■ Foster a positive work site culture with behaviors that cultivate, nurture, and support optimal well-being for ourselves, our families, and community. ■ Provide Employee Owners and their family members access to quality and affordable healthcare options. ■ Educate Employee Owners on plan coverages to encourage informed consumerism. 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW ■ Distributed 6 flyers/newsletters with topical wellness information. ■ Posted weekly “Wellness Wednesday” topics on the Intranet’s home page, to keep wellness and healthcare top of mind. ■ Introduced the formal “Well-Health” Reimbursement program, where all employee owners can receive a $100 AmEx gift card reimbursement for any wellness-related expenses. ■ Sponsored events and activities to support the Committee’s mission of awareness and promotion of healthy habits: ○ Thursday Evening 5K Race with Hartford Marathon Foundation ■ Offered the WalkaBLe/RunaBLe Challenge June 26 – July 9, to support individual engagement and interoffice competition. The Challenge had the most participants to date, and also introduced a new feature of requesting selfies be sent in (to earn extra points). ■ Promoted Mental Health Awareness throughout the month of May: ○ Forest Bathing Seminar ○ Virtual Cooking Class