Volume 5 | Issue 36 | September 14, 2016

What's in This Issue:

Falling Into Good Health

Flu Season Coming

EAP Honored

Be more mindful. What does it mean to be mindful? Learn how this practice can reduce stress and help you build resilience in this helpful article.

Get ready for Walktober! Learn more here.

walking shoes

Donate blood. There are two upcoming opportunities:

	Bon Secours Memorial Regional Community Room, Sept. 16, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
	Bon Secours St. Mary's, Sept. 29 and 30.

Pre-register for a drive near you with RapidPass.

New Partnerships, Website, Programs & More Coming This Fall!

Thumbnail Image of Be Your Best Poster Walking with a friend. Paying off the credit card. Joining a softball team. Volunteering in your community. What would help you be YOUR best?

Since 2011, with the launch of our Healthy Me, Healthy You employee initiative, Bon Secours has provided strong support to help employees improve their health. To improve this support, Bon Secours has listened to your feedback and looked for ways to make the employee health and well-being offerings even better, more personalized and easier to use.

In October, watch for an announcement about a new website, with resources and incentives, to help you "Be YOUR Best."

This new website is part of a new partnership Bon Secours has entered into with two leaders in health and well-being: U.S. Preventive Medicine (USPM) and the Cleveland Clinic. Their involvement will introduce best practices which will help us all as we strive to be our best as caregivers, co-workers and at home.

Watch for more information coming your way in a few weeks.

Get more information on how to Be YOUR Best at the Harvest Your Health Fairs coming in October. Download the schedule for Richmond or Hampton Roads.

Simply Fresh logo September: Falling into Good Health

School has started and fall is just around the corner! Is there a better time to fall into healthier habits and routines? Incorporating a variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins and whole grains into your meals is a great way to achieve a well-balanced, healthy diet.

Did you know your diet can actually help strengthen your immune system to keep you from getting sick? Enjoy tasty, healthful foods so that you can stay healthy this fall. Read more in this month's Simply Fresh blog.

Eating Out --- the Healthier Way

Eating out can be a challenge when you are trying to stick to a healthy diet. Don't let restaurants and fast food knock you off track. Learn survival strategies for dining out.

Join our Wellness Wednesday Webinar on Eating Out on Sept. 14, noon-12:30. Get the details here.

Got a Food Question? Ask Ashley

Welcome Ashley Moody, our new Health & Well-being Program Coordinator, whose focus is on nutrition education.

Photo of Ashley Moody Ashley, a registered dietitian, says that her new position combines her passion for program planning and evaluation and her training in public health and nutrition.

"I am so impressed that Bon Secours truly embraces the idea of being good help, taking the mission of co-creating healthy communities to the next level by promoting and encouraging employee wellness," she said. Ashley started work with Bon Secours in July. In completing a master's degree in public health from Virginia Tech, Ashley did a dietetic internship with VCU Health.

Based out of Memorial Regional, Ashley will provide support across Virginia. During Environmental Services Week this week she is doing nutrition classes at a variety of facilities.

Her new job will include creation of webinars, challenges and other educational opportunities. She will also be writing a monthly column for e-news to answer your food questions. Ask Ashley at ashley_moody2@bshsi.org.

Fun Fact
Ashley loves community theater and yoga!

Fruits & Veggies --- More Matters� Month

Nearly 90 percent of adults and children don't eat enough fruits and vegetables in a day, according to USDA guidelines.

Try a Smoothie

Thirsty for a delicious and maybe even a healthy beverage? Have you always wanted to try a blueberry, banana, kale and flax seed smoothie but were not sure if you could drink something blue-green?

Photo from Smoothie Day at Bon Secours Richmond Foundation

Bon Secours Richmond Foundation employees make nutritious smoothies.

The Bon Secours Richmond Foundation team recently enjoyed a Smoothie Day, mixed up some goodness and shared recipes such as these:

Minty Tropical
Blend together:
1 frozen banana
1 cup fresh pineapple
1 cup coconut milk
10 fresh spearmint leaves
1 teaspoon honey
4-6 ice cubes

Grandma's Cottage
Blend together:
1 ripe banana
2 heaping cups frozen
peach slices
1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons honey

How She Cut Her Dining-Out
Budget in Half

Wendy Phelps, manager of strategic planning and business development for Bon Secours In Motion, was taken aback by how much money her busy, on-the-go family spent on eating out.

As part of the Wallet Wellness Challenge, Wendy began tracking all of her family's expenses, and she saw how every Gatorade at the Wawa and chicken at the Chick-fil-A drive-through added up. Her active teenagers seemed to always be hungry - and they were always in transit to a game or activity.

Find out how she cut her food budget in half!

Jake Broaddus, CSCS, is the Wellness Coach Coordinator for Bon Secours Virginia.
Email your questions to Jake.

Jake Broaddus

Question: How can I add steps to my daily routine?

Answer: Walking throughout the day is a great way to maintain a healthy weight, exercise your heart, lower BMI, reduce waist size, increase energy, and lessen the risk for Type II diabetes and heart disease. It's recommended to reach a goal of 10,000 steps per day. Here are some ways to reach this goal:

	Take the stairs instead of the elevator
	Walk to your coworkers' offices instead of calling them
	Schedule walking meetings with coworkers
	Join an Employee Well-being weekly walk
	At your child's sporting event, walk laps around the field

You can also increase your fitness with strength training in the office. Stand up and do 10 squats, lunge down the hall or do pushups against the wall. Most importantly, just move!

Flu Season Is Coming!

With the fall season comes the start of the influenza ("flu") season. Influenza can be a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death.

Flu Shot Graphic

Find out what you are required to do as a Bon Secours employee to prevent the spread of the flu. Get complete FAQs here. Get flu clinic schedules for Hampton Roads and Richmond.

EAP Richmond Honored with National Technology Award

Bon Secours Richmond is the recipient of the Best Use of Technology in Employee Assistance National Award, to be presented at the 2016 World EAP Conference. The conference will be held in Chicago Oct. 31-Nov. 3, and is the world's largest gathering of Employee Assistance Professionals.

EAPA Logo

The award is a testament to Bon Secours' innovation and the ability to align clinical knowledge and skills with technology.

Through the use of technology, the EAP team has captured a much larger employee population and enhanced efforts for behavioral health and whole person well-being beyond traditional EAP services.

The movement to "whole person well-being" and the leveraging of EAP's expertise is in alignment with Bon Secours' strategic quality goal of building healthy communities, both internal and external to Bon Secours.

Congratulations to the entire EAP team!

View Past Issues of Good News

	Don't Miss Our Park Celebration, Nursing Honors & Tech for Troops --- 9.6.16
	Celebrating Our Scholarship Winners --- 8.30.16
	Got Kids? We've Got You Covered --- 8.23.16

Wellness floret About this eNewsletter

Look for this Bon Secours Wellness electronic newsletter on or about the first Wednesday of every month. It's packed with tips, resources and inspiring stories. Share your story ideas via Amy Cutter in Hampton Roads and Meghan Melvin in Richmond.