Wellness Newsletter - June 2024
June 2024
June is Men’s Health Month. This time is all about encouraging men and boys to take charge of their health by making healthy lifestyle decisions such as eating right, exercising, and getting regular checkups and preventive screenings. Men’s health is not just a ‘man’s issue’, it’s a family issue and can impact everyone. To learn more about healthy habits check out the CareFirst You FIRST June edition.
High blood pressure is known as the silent killer because it usually has no warning signs or symptoms. Most people don’t even know they have high blood pressure and yet it is a primary contributing cause of 1,100 deaths each day.
Click the PDF link below to see your risk factors, and what you can do about it.
Cholesterol is a fatty, waxy substance produced naturally in the liver. Your body needs small amounts of cholesterol to function normally. The bad news is—too much cholesterol can lead to heart disease. The good news—you can lower your cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
Did you know that CloseKnit offers virtual support from a team of registered dietitians that can help with achieving your health and wellness goals! With this benefit you can work with an expert to design a personalize plan to help you fell your best. This benefit is available to FCPS CareFirst medical plan participants.
What you can expect:
Great option if you're looking for:
Two appointment types available:
Summer is coming - are you ready to get started?
Schedule My Appointment
Simply login into CloseKnit and select Clinical Nutrition Care to learn more and schedule your first visit today.
ComPsych, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, offers GuidanceConnect to break down the barriers to accessing mental health support. To learn more, please watch this 5 minute video.
This resource is available to all FCPS benefit eligible employees.
Quick reminder...if you earned Blue Rewards for taking steps to getting and staying healthy you have until June 30, 2024 to use your reward, plus an additional 90 days to reimburse yourself for any eligible expense that occurred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
Effective July 1, 2024, MetLife will replace The Standard as the insurer for employee and retiree, Life (AD&D), Voluntary Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance. For your review is an Introduction to our partnership with MetLife and a Question & Answer document that we trust will be helpful.
For additional questions, please email Benefits.Office@fcps.org.
Notice of Insurance End Date for Resignation or Leave of Absence for the Conclusion of the 2023–2024 School Year
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The 2024 Spring into Motion winners are:
We had 22 participants with a perfect score of 140 points! Therefore, we drilled down to total steps to determine the Individual Leaderboard Winners:
Thanks for everyone who participated – the challenge was a huge success, in total we logged over 50 million steps in just four weeks!
In the fall, we are planning another challenge, stay tuned and meanwhile keep stepping! ??
Congratulations to our May Burnalong Winners! They will be receiving swag bags as prizes.
Winners for the spring golf league are Jacob Manlove and John Whittington. Congratulations!
In preparation for 2024-2025, please take a couple of minutes to complete a brief wellness survey. In advance, thank you for your participation!
Did you know that we have a Facebook page? Find the latest information on our Facebook Page about wellness for our FCPS staff here.
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