THIS YEAR, Healthy at Hopkins offers a bounty of wellness activities, events and programs to Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System Corporation staff members. Upcoming initiatives to keep you fit in 2017 include:
- The period for the new year’s first quarterly rewards program continues through March 29. The program offers paycheck incentives to improve your fitness and health. You can earn up to $520 annually if you are a full-time employee or $100 annually if you are a part-time employee.
- Freedom from Smoking, an eight-week tobacco cessation course offered by the American Lung Association, begins Jan. 10. (Additional courses will be offered through Healthy at Hopkins in the future.) To register, contact [email protected].
- Healthy at Hopkins Wellbeing Day, on Jan. 13, features workshops for employees on reducing stress, breathing deeply, setting fitness goals, sticking with healthy habits and a wealth of other practices. The event includes a Tiny Steps to Healthy Habits seminar. Participants will receive 25 reward points. (Register for Tiny Steps on healthyathopkins.org. The presentation will also be recorded and offered online.) Wellbeing Day takes place from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 2119A and outside the Chevy Chase Bank Conference Center in the Sheikh Zayed Tower.
- A fitness fair on Feb. 14 in Zayed 2117 will showcase resources from inside and outside The Johns Hopkins Hospital to help employees exercise safely, remain fit despite chronic conditions and improve their athletic performance.
- Take advantage of the discount offered to Johns Hopkins employees by numerous area fitness centers. Find a list of participating centers in the Healthy at Hopkins portal.
For more details on these and more opportunities, visit healthyathopkins.org. To register and log on, go to my.jh.edu and click on the Healthy at
Hopkins logo. Questions? Contact [email protected].
