Wellness Challenge Winners

Congrats to our Wellness Challenge award winners!

Back Row (L-R): Aimee Trudeau, Dana Podel, Leah Martland, Brian Stafford, Tanya O'Connor.  Front row (L-R): Shelli Marks,Sara Maki. 
 Not Pictured: Serenity Valdez and Wunpenn Zaborek

Last quarter’s Wellness Challenge revolved around healthful eating and nutrition. Thank you to all who participated!  Our next Wellness Challenge theme will be "Physical Activity and Heart Health". It started on Friday, February 1st and will run until the end of the month.


Check out the Challenges and Awards section of the website to learn more, or contact Curtis Hartenstine to sign up today! The last day to sign up for this month's challenge is February 15th.

Studies show biking to work is best for "commute well-being"

A recent study out of Portland State University found that people who use active transportation were more likely to be happy with their commute to work - independent of distance or travel time! People who drive to work alone reported the least satisfaction with their commutes, especially when their daily drive included traffic.

Interested, but don't know where to start? Check out our comprehensive Bike to Work Tip Sheet!  

You can also use Google Maps to find the best and fastest route to work for biking, walking, or public transportation. Go to "Get Directions" and click on the driving alternative you prefer.

You can also still earn REWARDS or FREE BUS PASSES through the Transportation Alternatives Program at CDPHE. With so many great reasons to get on a bike, why not give it a try this week?

Reminder... Check out Pachanga!

For those of you who haven't yet had a chance to  try out a class in the Wellness Room, now is the time! Sara Maki is offering one free class to new participants who want to try her Pachanga Class. Pachanga is a Latin dance inspired fitness class that's sure to have you breaking a sweat and having fun doing it!

Check out the video below to see a Pachanga class in action...

CDPHE Wellness off to a great start in 2013!

 TAP On Track 
 
After slowly but successfully navigating the fiscal labyrinth, the Transportation Alternatives Committee is back in business with a supply of incentives and rewards. So far, we’ve distributed 213 transit coupon books to employees trying transit and 143 employees have logged their alternative transportation days and earned rewards. 

• For new transit riders, you must fill out a new form for each free transit coupon book.  
• For existing users of alternative transportation, you have until Jan. 15 to log your days for December. For those who did not earn enough points in November for rewards, those days will be added to your December totals.

Click on the Transportation Alternatives Pilot tab above to learn more about getting your FREE bus passes/ van pool voucher or admin leave and gift cards!
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Diabetes Prevention Program reaches goal for recruitment! 
 

The department received kudos from Kaiser for its enthusiastic response to The Diabetes Prevention Program, which starts on Jan. 16. Twenty-four people are enrolled, filling the class to capacity. Representatives from Kaiser told Chronic Disease Coordinator, Kelly McCracken that the department’s response to the offering was “their most successful recruitment ever.”