In addition to using the Healthiest Maryland Business logo on your website, you can now promote your business to your in-person customers. Look for your window cling to arrive in the mail in the next 5-7 business days! Be sure to let us know if you need extra!

Drink Coffee?

Perk up for another healthy day at work, just like Sue Strayer in Kent County! We just got in a shipment of Healthiest Maryland Business mugs and would love to see them on your desk! Contact Nicole to get yours!

FREE Benefits of being a Healthiest Maryland Business

What We Offer

Healthiest Maryland Businesses is a statewide campaign to create a culture of wellness at the workplace. The FREE benefits to signing on to this initiative include:

Consultation with certified worksite wellness personnel
Educational training events and forums
Technical assistance on how to implement policies and programs
Direct connection to evidence-based workplace wellness resources
Peer-to-peer support from neighboring businesses
Promotion as a member in this leading, statewide initiative

Contact your Regional Coordinator to take advantage of these free benefits.

NEW! GET YOUR SCORE

Take the 'CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard'

The CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard is a 125-item comprehensive assessment tool that assists employers in identifying gaps in their health promotion programs, and helps them to prioritize high-impact strategies for health promotion at their worksites. Your Healthiest Maryland Businesses Team will help you use the summarized results to develop focused and tailored worksite wellness strategies.Contact your Regional Coordinator to get started.

National Nutrition Month

Tools to promote healthy eating

National Nutrition Month� is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The campaign is designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.

How can you promote healthy eating at work?

Organize a "healthy recipe" contest among employees. Have the judges be VIP's from your workplace.
Distribute Healthy Recipe Cards and Nutrition Tip Sheets to employees.
Consider giving your vending machine(s) a healthy makeover!
Partner with local farmers, CSAs, or mobile produce buses to bring fresh fruits/vegetables to the worksite. Contact us to find a service in your area.
Give employees healthy choices at meetings.

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Healthiest Maryland Businesses

Nicole Morris, MS, RN

Regional Lead

Mid/Upper Eastern Shore

410.778.2533 (o)

410.708.7188 (c)

nicole.morris@maryland.gov

Made possible with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and Community Transformation Grants.