I’d like to recognize all of the Wellness Champions who rallied their teammates to join the new spring wellness challenge, Spring into Motion.
Wellness Champions are provided with a toolkit for team captains that equips them with knowledge about the challenge and helps them think about how to encourage their coworkers to participate. They use a variety of tools to spread the word: speak at staff meetings; post in their MS Teams wellness channel; send emails; post on physical or virtual bulletin boards; and good ‘ol word of mouth. Thank you for your leadership and your commitment to Wellness Connection and your colleagues.
Champions: Take a moment to think about everyone who joined the challenge because of you. These people are now thinking about their movement and activity levels every day for eight weeks (or longer!). You are making an impact on the health and lives of your workgroups.
Approximately 1800 WashU employees are participating in the Spring into Motion challenge. The charts below demonstrate that while Champions make up 5% of all participants, they lead the way as Team Captains: 30% of all team leaders are Wellness Champions:
A big thank you to our Wellness Champion network for supporting our 8IGHT Ways to Wellness evidence-backed strategy, and for encouraging your colleagues to be mindful of their movement during the workday.
A special shout out to each of our Wellness Champion Team Captains and their creative team names:
| Wellness Champion Team Captain | Spring into Motion Team Name |
| Amurao, Max | EHS In Motion |
| Anglin, Beth | Walk by Design |
| Babka, Jenny | Neuro Navigators |
| Barrett, Cheryl | The Hema Team |
| Boeger, Holley | Walk This Way |
| Byers, Jennifer | SkyWalkers |
| Chappell, Cindy | Lab Rats |
| Colson, Rebekah | mOTion Activated |
| Daphna-Iken, Dorit | move and shine |
| Dickey, Denise | RadOnc Resurgence |
| Downey, Rob | RM Sourcerers |
| Flynn, Kat | Appealing to All |
| Fuchs, Jean | Biology Lifers |
| Goshtaiy, Hatice | Red Hot Chili Steppers |
| Herrera, Erin | The knockouts |
| Holzhauer, Jennifer | Child Psych in Motion |
| Horn, Theresa | Protective Services 24/7 |
| Howell, Raema | OFMD Striders |
| Hummel, Melissa | MIR Motion |
| Hundley, Chelsey | All About That Pace |
| Jennings, Lara | Globe Trotters |
| Johnson, Rachael | Spring into Action |
| Kelahan, Josh | The Swamp Stompers |
| Kirk, Bridget | DCR Goal Getters |
| Koenig, Candace | Creating CAMmotion |
| Leingang, Karen | Just do IT |
| Lischer, Melanie | Walkupational Therapy |
| Lohmann, Sherry | PT Cruisers |
| Lyons, Cheryl | ONCResearch AdmIn Motion |
| MacKay, Donna | The walking eyes |
| Matteuzzi, Christy | Reference Racers |
| McConnell, Karen | Walking to Compliance |
| McDaniel, Shonda | Relentless |
| Navo, Katie | Med Onc NPs On The Move |
| Nigh, Nancy | Skandy Steppers |
| Payne, Whitney | Sleeping Draughtzzz |
| Perlow, Leslie | Athletics and Rec Bears |
| Peterson, Kim | epic spring |
| Pierce, Cora | Double A Team |
| Richardson, Jana | Team Oto |
| Ruwitch, Melissa | Healthy Habifs |
| Schreier, Linda | The Stat Pack |
| Schulte, Danielle | Dashing DoN |
| Sharma, Mala | walk4fun |
| Strong, Emily | Miracle Kids |
| Twedt, Rachel | Spin Doctors |
| Vaeth, Jen | OGC – Legal Legs |
| Valko, Cheryl | PRC-ya on a walk |
| Walker, Thomas | Tech Trekkers |
| Warren, Amy | Psyched for Spring |
| Wiegert, Andy | OGS is OGS |
| Williams , Paula | DBBS Moving |
| Wilmot, Tara | Cirque de Sore Legs |
| Hafner, Nikki | Easier Said Than Run |
| Buschhorn, Lauren | Spring in Our Step |
| Page, Emily | No Spring Chickens |
| Danforth, Maggie | Walk MyWay |
Join our growing network of Wellness Champions!
