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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Wellness Committee <br />Ron Neirenhausen, Police Department <br />Sara Onarheim, Parks and Streets Department <br />Kristin Thomas, Administration Department <br />Debbie Huebner, Planning Department <br />Michele Bergh, Recreation Department <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />December 15, 2003 <br /> <br />Wellness Committee Update <br /> <br />The Wellness Committee has been in place for just over a year now. We provided wellness <br />related activities over the 2003 calendar year. These activities included: <br />· Women On Weights (WOW) - a circuit style workout on employee's time using the <br /> wellness room at city hall <br />· Fitness assessments for any employee interested <br />· An overview of basic nutrition workshop <br />· A ~vorkshop on back health/chiropractic care <br />· Participated in the Sherburne County Exercise Challenge <br />· A city wide exercise challenge <br />· A stress management workshop <br />· A workshop on dietary supplements <br />· Promoted walking 10,000 steps a day <br />· A walking program during the summer <br />· Formed a city team which participated in the Relay for Life, a community fundraising <br /> event for cancer <br />· A workshop on time management <br />· Coordinated a Red Cross Blood Drive <br />· Offered smoking cessation information to any employee interested <br /> <br />Additionally, employees began receiving a discount on all wellness related activities offered <br />by the Recreation Department. <br /> <br /> <br />