Strive... for employee wellness

Marlene, Paige, and Aurora get into the Strive spirit!

This morning, the latest in a strong of cold and snowy days in what's turning out to be a never-ending winter, our employees were welcomed to work by fruit and vegetables dancing in our lobby. I honestly saw some employees wiping their eyes in disbelief as they came in. Its not every day you get to interact with a dancing pea-in-a-pod or rockin-out banana. The zealous fruits and vegetables were actually some of our employees who are part of our EveryDay Wellness task force and they were all dressed up to introduce a new electronic wellness portal called Strive! to Pinnacol. If your office is like ours almost everyone you see is sporting some variation of FitBit technology that allows you to monitor steps, sleep (hopefully not at work!), etc. The new portal will have wellness challenges to keep us on our toes as well as the ability to earn points towards different programs including the ability to reduce our employee healthcare premium costs.

Rich, Lorie, and Loni vegging out

A lot of Pinnacol employees are pretty health-conscious already so this morning's activities were preaching to the choir. The challenge of course is to get some of our more sedentary co-workers to participate and the new Strive portal is a fun way for everyone to get involved. Thank you to our EveryDay Wellness folks who were brave enough to don the fun costumes - it was a fun and surprising welcome to work that won't be soon forgotten!