WELLNESS COMMITTEE
6/10/03
Present: Cathy Chun, Paulette Fleming, Dongwa Hu, Alison Leahy, Nora Norminton, Marty Olsen, Jamie Reck, Arlene Strong, Joanne Warner (note taker), Brooke Zimmers
Meeting convened at 3:00 p.m. in Room 1011M.
1. Minutes of 5/13/03 meeting were reviewed and approved as written.
2. Wellness Fair
Paulette Fleming thanked committee members for their participation in planning, setting up, working during the Fair and cleaning up.
A total of 24 vendors were in attendance of the 25 who initially reserved a table. The Center for Human Services had to decline. Seven vendors responded to a vendor evaluation sent out by Arlene Strong. (See attached copy of Vendor Questionnaire Responses.)
Discussion/Suggestions for 2003-04 Wellness Fair:
· Need to plan well in advance for how to set up necessary tables in PUB Main Dining Room, since the rectangular tables were replaced with round tables; supply of rectangular tables on campus to bring in for events may be limited.
· Communicate with Media Services for possible expansion of the video that ran during the Fair. It was suggested they tape a segment of all exercise classes offered during Fall Quarter to give an overview of what’s available each quarter on campus.
· Alison reported there was a lot of interest at the Eating Disorders table and the Nutrition table. Once again, the massages were very popular and appointments filled up quickly. Arlene learned from Duane Dorsey (this year’s massage therapist) that we need only one licensed therapist present. If we could get additional chairs, we could invite students to set up more stations. More attendees could sign up for a massage, and the students could get some “demonstration” hours in.
It was suggested we contact Ashmead and Seattle Massage School early in the school year so they might be able to participate.
· Paulette reported all but about 20 out of 400 ordered of the “Highlight Your Health” highlighters were given out to attendees.
· The largest number of door prizes ever were donated for this year, including: AM/FM cassette player & pair of binoculars, as well as 400 plastic bags to hold attendees materials (SCC Bookstore); $30 gift voucher to purchase healthy food items (Central Market); $25 gift certificate to purchase food items (Costco); large supply of bars and fruit snacks (Sam’s Club); two copies of The Everything Nutrition Book (Third Place Books); College T-shirts and sweatshirts (SCC Intramurals & Athletics Program); manicure & facial gift certificates (SCC Cosmetology Program). Paulette sent thank you notes to some donors and Joanne Warner sent thank you letters to all off-campus door prize donors, as well as the massage therapists, College Bookstore and evening custodial staff for the great job they did setting up the room differently than requested, following the last-minute change from rectangular to round tables.
· It was suggested we figure out a different flow of traffic for next year, since having the welcome table in the center of the entrance area (top of the stairs) to the dining room and the door prize sign-up table at an angle (bottom of the stairs to the left) created a “bottleneck” when a number of attendees came in at one time. As we welcomed them, we handed out a highlighter and a door-prize sign up slip. Many people stopped right in front of the welcome table to fill out their door prize slip, instead of moving down the stairs to the “door prize” table.
· The colored plastic tablecloths Paulette purchased for the vendor tables added color, flair and vibrancy to the room.
3. Massage Therapy for Employees – Paulette reported that a question had come up during a Classified Training & Staff Development (CT&SD) Committee meeting as to whether massage therapy could be offered as a professional development opportunity for classified staff. In one case it was given as a gift from a supervisor to staff on Secretary’s Day. Concerns are 1) would this create a business opportunity for a single individual, 2) would there need to be an RFP submitted, 3) or could an individual come in as a vendor, rent a space in the PUB, charge a fee? The CT&SD Committee wondered if the Wellness Committee would be willing to co-sponsor this service. Paulette will do a survey during Fall Quarter 2003 to gather information about the level of interest from staff. We will also need to think about details involved in setting up: possible locations, how to contact interested therapists, what would be reasonable fees. Paulette asked committee members to send other ideas to include on the survey form.
4. Draft 2002-03 Annual Report – Paulette learned from the Governance Steering Committee that annual reports are not required this year. Discussion followed, and the committee feels completing an annual report is valuable as a historical document. Paulette was applauded for drafting the report and placing it on the agenda for our last meeting.
Additional suggestions for Wellness Committee activities for 2003-04 include:
· Smoking shelters (add to Smoking Cessation Efforts that the Wellness Committee would support use of shelters) – Nora learned they are scheduled to be built during the summer. Arlene suggested the Wellness Committee support the use of designated areas to smoke. Nora will call Edmonds Community College to see how their program works.
· Safety Pocket Guides – Continue
· Release Time for Wellness – Continue
· I-Can Activities – Brooke would like to see them resumed at least once per quarter and would be willing to work on planning the activities
5. Summer Wellness Activity Release Time – Paulette feels so many staff have been participating in the release time opportunity, it should be continued for the summer. Kickboxing will continue during the summer for 50-minute sessions. Staff could potentially use their half hour lunchtime and have a half hour of release time. Paulette will work with Ken Burrus to get an article out on DAAG.
6. Proposed 2003-04 Committee Meeting Schedule – Distributed to committee members. Most who will request to continue on the Wellness Committee in 2003-04 do not have conflicts with the proposed dates.
7. Membership – Cathy Chun, Marty Olsen, and Brooke Zimmers indicated they would not be able to continue on the Wellness Committee. Lauren Wilson will come when she doesn’t have a schedule conflict. Matt Orlando will replace Marty (he may also be willing to participate in I-Can activities). Marty also would be willing to work on I-Can.
8. Other:
· Web Site – Paulette can send forward a recommendation to add “Wellness” to the Intranet. Arlene will take a suggestion to the Intranet Re-Design Committee.
· President Moore has been contacted by the American Cancer Society regarding doing an activity with the College.
· Arlene asked if the Wellness Committee, along with a number of committees, would be willing to be involved in a Friday evening American Sign Language (ASL) activity as professional development to support our deaf community on campus.
Paulette thanked everyone on the Committee for a great year! The Committee thanked Paulette for her great leadership and keeping everything so well organized!
Next Meeting: October 14, 2003 – 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.