Desk Yoga by Jodi Birkofer

Jodi Birkofer, Smart Meal Coordinator for the Department, leads you through an eight minute desk yoga routine.  She guides you on how to modify the routine as a beginner or more experienced yogi.  Set aside 10 minutes a day to stretch and re-energize.  Contact Jodi with questions.

Packing a Healthy Lunch

In this presentation, dietetic student, Patti Heath, from the University of Northern Colorado, talks about "How to Pack a Healthy Lunch."  Thinking about it, it was really a brown bag about, well, brown bags and how to fill them!

The presentation is embedded below (slides are available for download).  Too, we uploaded the handouts for how to keep a stocked pantry and fridge, sodium tipsheet, smart snacking for adults and teens, healthy snack ideas, healthy lunch handout, and a guide to kid-friendly veggies and fruit.

Wellness Equipment and Resources Drive, May 21 - 25

The Employee Wellness Advisory Board is collecting fitness equipment and wellness resources during the week of May 21 - May 25.  Donated items will be distributed throughout the department so all CDHPE employees have easy access to resources.  If you have items you are not using, we would love to take them off your hands.  We are looking for items such as dumbbells, weighted balls, yoga mats, books, dvds, magazines, cookbooks, etc.  Please support wellness by donating.  

A large equipment drop off will take place at the lab on Thursday, May 24, from 8 – 5 p.m.  The drop will be at the receiving dock on the southeast side of the building.  Employees are asked to contact Laurie Peterson-Wright to ensure the item is acceptable.  If employees want to drop off earlier, they can leave the item on the dock but no one will be there to assist them.  

Pack a Healthy Lunch Brown Bag, May 9

"Pack a Healthy Lunch" brown bag will be held Wednesday, May 9, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in the Snow Room. Patti Heath, a fabulous dietetic student volunteer will lead an interactive session on how to pack a healthy lunch and save $$.

New Yoga Class Starts, Wednesday, May 2

Jodi Birkofer, CDPHE Smart Meal Coordinator and a Wellness Champion, is leading a new yoga class on Wednesdays at noon (begins May 2).  She hopes to hold the class outside when weather permits.  Contact Jodi for pricing and to be included on her email distribution.

Stress Less Challenge: April 9 - June 30

Stress not want not, forget your troubles, come on get happy now, be all that you can be! Your Wellness Advisory Board presents….the Stress Less Challenge. From April 9 through June 30, your Wellness Advisory Board has chosen a topic of health near and dear to all our well beings, stress management. We are striving to provide all employees with opportunities and strategies to recognize, address and manage stress in their work and home lives. When this focus on stress has culminated at the end of June we will be recognizing individuals who have been successful in reaching their personnel goals of de-stressing their lives. For more information click on the "Challenges and Awards" tab at the top of the page.

Free Fitness Center Access

The CDPHE Wellness Advisory Board would like to invite you to use the Fitness Center at the Tower @ 4500 Cherry Creek Drive (tall building across from main campus). CDPHE was granted 4 key cards to the fitness center and your Wellness Advisory Board has offered to manage the cards for all employees. There’s no cost other than respecting the guidelines for fitness center checkout and use. Before reserving your time slot, please read the guidelines, which include a link to the reservation system.