Five Colorado Companies Receive National
Award for Worksite Wellness
December 13, 2006, DENVER - State
health officials Wednesday announced that five Colorado
organizations have been nationally recognized as some of
America's healthiest companies for 2006 and have received
the Wellness Councils of America Well Workplace Award for
quality and excellence in worksite health promotion.
The Colorado award winners include the
following: Gold Level
Boulder - City of Boulder Parks and
Recreation Dept.
Ft. Collins - Anheuser-Busch
Longmont - Maxtor Corporation
Bronze Level
Golden - Jefferson County
Grand Junction - Rocky Mountain Health Plans
The Wellness Councils of America is a
national nonprofit membership organization dedicated to
promoting healthier lifestyles for all Americans, especially
through health promotion initiatives at the worksite.
Well Workplace Awards are awarded at the
bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels. Bronze, gold, and
silver awards recognize the organization's level of worksite
health promotion commitment, data collection, programming
and evaluation. Platinum-level awards are given to those
companies that forge even further to link health promotion
objectives with business outcomes. Driven by a predefined
set of worksite wellness criteria, organizations compete to
be recognized as one of America's healthiest companies.
The Wellness Councils of America has designed
the Well Workplace process to provide business leaders and
members with a blueprint to help their organizations build
results-oriented wellness programs. Ultimately, these
programs help employees make better lifestyle choices and
positively impact the organization's bottom line.
Since 1991, more than 900 organizations
nationwide have been recognized as Well Workplace Award
winners. The Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment's Physical Activity and
Nutrition Program's Worksite Task Force promotes the
Wellness Councils of America blueprint as a sound worksite
wellness model. The Worksite Task Force offers resources,
tools and trainings throughout Colorado to help worksites
plan, implement and evaluate successful programs.
A complete listing of Well Workplace Award
winners and further information on the Well Workplace
process can be found at www.welcoa.org. |
