Health and Wellness Leads : Developing

An annual plan for the primary wellness programs and activities is a useful management tool. This is an great Workplace Wellness Program Committee task. Often an activity and wellness theme per month is provided to staff members.

Some organizations choose to follow a National Health Observances calendar which offers advantages. The materials developed by these various national health organizations are very credible. The materials are usually high quality and available no cost or at a nominal expense.

The employer benefits from additional publicity that occurs in various media throughout the community related to the national observance. For planning suggestions you may want to utilize the HOPE Publications Wellness Resource Planning Guide available for no cost at this Web site.