Worksite Wellness Conference 2011

Four members of the Wellness Works at JSC Committee attended the Vermont Department of Health's Worksite Wellness Conference on Tuesday, March 29th. Nita Lanphear from Maintenance, Linda Davis from the Business Office, Barb Flathers from Dean of Students Office and Wendy Velander from the SHAPE. They listened to keynote speakers about creating supportive cultural environments for wellness in the workplace and attend various workshops in areas of wellness.

Pedometer Challenge Winners, Week 1

Meet The Penguin's, Deb Whitney, Julie Machia and Joan Langlois, our Housekeeping Crew. They were Week 1 prize winners for the Walk This Way! Pedometer Challenge. All teams were entered into Week 1 drawing who submitted their team steps. As a team The Penguin's walked 223,929 steps in one week, that's about 112 miles! Keep up the good work.

Walk This Way! WEEK # 1

With 10 teams currently on board, week # 1 we walked 1,156,527 steps. That's an average of 5,507 steps per person. Our goal this week as a team is to increase that by 20%, for 6,608 steps per day. It's not to late to sign-up!! Pedometers available at the SHAPE, accessories as seen above also at the SHAPE from the Wellness Works at JSC Committee.

Congratulations Ride for a Reason Riders!

Several JSC employees participated in the 11th Annual Special Olympics Ride for a Reason on Saturday, 3/19. Congratulations to: Ellen Hill, Michele Whitmore, Martha Lance, Jen Stefanski, Andy Kelly, Krystal Woodward and community memember Dayna Katz and JSC student Jeff Alexander! The ride raised over $18,000 for the VT Special Olympics, JSC raised over $2,500.

JSC OPEN HOUSE @ JAY PEAK

Jay Peak offered discounted tickets and rentals for Sunday, 3/13. Although the weather was wet on Friday, variable on Saturday, Sunday turned out to be a great day on the hill. We look forward to networking in the future to offer discounted events for the JSC community.

Lunch and Learn with Professor Hans Haverkamp

Several employees joined JSC Health Science Professor, Hans Haverkamp in a lunch time lecture on health, exercise and nutrition. The event took place in the Stearns Performance Space on February 16th, 2001 from 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.