Promoting your organization's commitment to employee health and wellbeing can have a BIG impact on talent recruitment and retention efforts. The mspWellness Champion designation program is a simple and quick way for your organization to be recognized for supporting employees and having a strong culture of well-being!

The Champion designation program was created to recognize and celebrate organizations who work to positively affect the health and well-being of their employees and communities. To learn more about the Champion designation program, visit mspwellness.com/champions.

And, Save the Date for the Champion Celebration event on November 8th!

Implement Stand & Move at Work at your company for FREE as part of an NIH-funded implementation project! This evidence-based program is for offices/departments with 50+ desk-based employees.

Learn how to take part here.

Here’s your monthly highlight featuring a current mspWellness Champion! Champions are businesses and organizations that create, implement, and promote wellness programs as part of their internal culture, and meet a set of criteria established by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber and the Hennepin County and City of Minneapolis Departments of Health.

October’s featured mspWellness Champion is Packard Culligan Water.

Packard Culligan Water has heard from their employees that mental health continues to be a big part of their wellbeing journeys. Leadership listened, and took big steps in 2023 to help support their staff on that journey.

In the third quarter of 2023, Culligan implemented a designated mental health awareness month, and offered weekly "Power of Talking: Mental Health Conversations" sessions. Weekly topics focused on caregiving, anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and seeing mental health challenges as a superpower. The result was that truly safe spaces were created to talk about mental health within the workplace, and free mental health resources were shared and promoted. More, in quarter four, Culligan is implementing a recognition program called “Dealership Wellbeing Awards” which will recognized Wellbeing Champions and employees for promoting and engaging in wellbeing activities.

Staff have provided positive feedback and appreciation for the time and space to focus on their mental health at work. It’s a win for everyone!

mspWellness is thrilled to celebrate and share employee wellness stories like that of Packard Culligan Water. Please consider applying to be an mspWellness Champion and be recognized in an upcoming newsletter!

Join mspWellness and the Alzheimers Association on Thursday, October 19 at 1:00 p.m. for an information session: Supporting Caregivers in the Workplace & The fight against Alzheimer’s

Did you know that 6 of 10 caregivers of individuals living with dementia are employed, working on average 35 hours per week, and almost 60% of employees have had to leave work early because of their caregiving responsibilities? mspWellness is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association to host a virtual information session for employers on October 19th.

Join us to get the facts about the Alzheimer’s crisis, how employees may be impacted by the disease, and learn how you can get involved in supporting the fight against Alzheimer’s. Register here!

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October is here and with the fall colors, shorter days, and cooler temperatures also comes Breast Cancer Awareness month! Let’s go beyond the pink out – and dig in to find answers to common questions, and identify risk factors within our own control.

Does hair dye cause breast cancer?

Does drinking alcohol cause breast cancer?

Do certain foods cause breast cancer?