Corporate Wellness Program
Our staff is outstanding! Our commitment to providing an environment in which they can thrive both personally and professionally is enhanced by the activities organized by our wellness committe.
Formed in 2009, we have been committed to offering a wellness program based on employee feedback given at our annual staff retreat. As intensity of the program ebbs and flows we work together to come up with new ways of engaging our staff in healthy activities and healthy lifestyle choices.
We've held two seperate Fitness Challenges and both achieved great levels of success. Many employees track their personal goals through annual health risk appraials, conducted by Pamela Ward Edgecomb, MA SLP , CHC, ERT, our wellness coach from Central Maine Conditioning Clinic. Tax season activities range from making healthy snacks available to providing nerf balls for late night distractions so that eyeballs are pulled away from computer screens for a few minutes.
To learn more about our Wellness program, the following video features Hillary Dow, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce's annual 2011"Healthy Androscoggin" breakfast.
Work Healthy! from VIA-VISION Video on Vimeo.
What we're up to during tax season
It's not difficult to imagine how impactful the long hours are on our staff during tax season. From January to April we hunker down and conduct a LOT of business. With this comes many meals at the office or on the go, early mornings and late nights, long long hours in front of the computer, time away from family and increases in stress. To help combat some of the challenges we face during tax season, our wellness committee organizes various activites including:
Stress reduction lunch-n-learn
Group dinners such as a taco fiesta, soup and salad bar, chili & corn bread
A bottomless Fresh Fruit Bowl
Self-Defense lunch-n-learn
"Special" PIZZA & Salad lunches: pizza & pictionary, pizza & comedy, healthy sandwiches to mix it up
Chair Massages
Valentine's Day goody bags