WELLCOM Honors 31 Area Companies for Excellence in Wellness, Health Improvement
WELLCOM (rvinton@elevatingwellness.org) recently honored 31 of the midlands’ healthiest companies at its annual awards luncheon on Oct. 11 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in La Vista.
The Excellence in Worksite Wellness Awards Luncheon honors organizations for positioning wellness programs as a strategic business opportunity and making a difference in their employees’ lives. The luncheon featured a keynote address from Rebekah Gregory, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor. Nebraska Lt. Gov. Mike Foley and Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert assisted with the awards presentations.
2016 award recipients included: Spirit of Wellness Award: Live Well Omaha. Governor’s Wellness Award – Large Grower: Cass County, Immanuel, Nebraska Medicine, Physicians Mutual, SilverStone Group, University of Nebraska-Omaha. Small Grower: Dodge County Head Start, SimplyWell. Large Sower: First National Bank, Fusion Medical Staffing, Omaha Marian High School, Werner Enterprises. Small Sower: Educational Service Unit 2. Trek Up the Tower Awards – Corporate Team Award: 1st place: Berk Up–Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies/National Indemnity Company; 2nd place: Mutual of Omaha; 3rd place: First National Bank. Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces – Healthy Workplace Certification: Union Pacific Railroad (first company in the world to receive this certification). American Heart Association ‘Fit Friendly’ Award – Fit Friendly Platinum: Gallup, Nebraska Methodist College, Physicians Mutual. Fit Friendly Gold: Aetna Inc.; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; CQuence Health Group; The Gavilon Group, LLC; HDR, Inc.; Iowa Western Community College; Omaha Steaks; Streck, Inc.; Nebraska Medicine; Prime Therapeutics; Woodmen Life; Zurich. AHA Workplace Health Solution Recognition – Creighton University, Omaha Steaks.
For more information about WELLCOM or how your organization can apply for a worksite wellness award, please contact Rebecca Vinton, president & CEO, at (402) 934-5795 or rvinton@elevatingwellness.org.