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1. What is a Wellness Champion?

A Wellness Champion is an employee who works with the City Wellness Coordinator to plan, promote and implement a variety of wellness programs at their work place for all employees of their bureau or division.

2. What are the Qualities of a Wellness Champion?

Any employee who has a genuine interest in wellness, is actively working at living a healthy lifestyle, enjoys working and contributing to a team effort, is well respected, is a risk taker willing to try something new, and desires to promote healthy living and a balanced lifestyle to fellow employees.

Communicate effectively and work with division management to establish wellness programs, can motivate fellow employees to participate in wellness programs, and is willing to take on the leadership responsibilities required for the success of the wellness program at their worksite.

3. What are the duties and responsibilities of a Wellness Champion?

Being a Wellness Champion is easy and only takes a few hours a month. Wellness Champions meet with the City Wellness Coordinator once per year to develop an annual wellness plan for their worksite and attend one annual meeting per year with all City Wellness Champions to share ideas and celebrate successes.

Other duties include working with their division management to schedule, arrange, coordinate, and plan wellness programs at their worksite, distribute information about city-wide wellness programs to employees, and maintain a wellness poster series and brochure rack at their worksite provided by the City Wellness Coordinator.