Maple Grove's "Fit For Life" Wellness Program won the Corporate Achievement in Health Care Award presented by Twin Cities Business and Medica in their joint effort to present Minnesota's first annual "Health Care Heroes" awards. These awards recognize and honor organizations and individuals whose efforts advance the quality and enhance the value of health care in their community and beyond. As an award winner, we were also featured in a special supplement in the June 2007 issue of Twin Cities Business, and there was a breakfast event to honor the City and seven other recipients who received awards in various categories. These awards were judged by a panel of health care professionals and community leaders.
The "Fit For Life" Wellness Program also won the 2007 Hennepin County Wellness by Design Award at the Gold level. The program was among a select group honored for promoting safe and healthy lifestyles among employees and serving as a model for others in the county and elsewhere. Maple Grove was also selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is the lead federal agency spearheading national efforts to identify and disseminate information about model worksite health promotion programs, to participate in their new SWAT project - for Swift Worksite Assessment and Translation. The City's worksite was one of only nine selected from across the United States, and we were identified by a panel of experts as having an innovative worksite health promotion program that shows promise in helping employees maintain or attain a healthy weight and that could serve as a national benchmark.
Through the City's partnership with the CDC a"Worksite Health Promotion" video is being produced which essentially tells the story and captures the essence of the City's wellness program and promotes emerging best practices that can be shared with others. The video will be available on the CDC's website and will serve as a foundational activity to build from and share with others and will also be shared at various related conferences around the country. The Fit For Life Program is one of the many facets that contributed to the City of Maple Grove being named a Governor's "Fit City". The City's program has been in place for over 16 years, and has evolved into a year-round endeavor. Employee wellness programs continue to receive increasing attention throughout the country and business community. Maple Grove is proud to provide a comprehensive program that promotes the health and well being of its employees and their families. It also aims to reduce health care and workers' compensation costs and to improve the quality of participants' lives.
CDC webite: Scroll down to City of Maple Grove Title for video: http://www.cdc.gov/leanworks/why/casestudies.html
This blog was originally Posted Oct: 2007
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