City of Columbus

60 Days to Change Financial Wellness Challenge Healthy Columbus would like to invite its members to participate in a thorough, eye-opening and incredibly useful financial wellness challenge. This challenge teaches members to define their monetary goals and shows them how to get there with eight weekly challenges. The challenging topics of budgeting, financial planning and savings is made easy with expertise from award-winning financial mind and comedian, Pete the Planner®. - learn more

Couch to 5k Program By signing up for the FREE Couch to 5K Training Program, you will receive: ·        In depth week-by-week training schedules. ·        Specific cross training workouts and stretching routines geared towards running. ·        Technique specific notifications about routine, habit, running, nutrition, strength training and much more. ·        Motivational messages to help you through the 10 weeks of training. - learn more

Group Fitness Classes 24 onsite group fitness classes to choose from each week! Register today! - learn more

Gym Discounts  Find discounts to Central Ohio gyms and fitness centers! - learn more

Front Street Fitness Employee Fitness Center, health coaching, personal training and more - learn more

Real Appeal Get lasting weight loss results with Real Appeal! - learn more

Walk/Run Club Walk/Run Club  is open to all ability levels. Whether training for your first 5k, marathon or like to walk/run for fun, this group will support you every step of the way! - learn more

Quit Tobacco May 31st is World No Tobacco Day.  Everyone has their reason to quit tobacco.  What's yours?
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Get Active Employee-specific programming, community programs and resources to get active! - learn more

Nutrition Trying to make healthy food choices in 2015?  Our Nutrition page has lots of resources to get you started, including cooking shows, webinars taught by a Registered Dietitian, including class materials, and easy to read quick facts about nutrition. - learn more

Quit Tobacco May 31st is World No Tobacco Day.  Everyone has their reason to quit tobacco.  What's yours?
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Employee Assistance Program The EAP program is available for all City employees - learn more

Wellness Ambassador Resources Find recent minute meeting minutes, fliers and publications to share with employees here! - learn more

Citywide Training & Development

Citywide Training & Development (CTD), a division of the City of Columbus Human Resources Department is open to the public. Offering a variety of classes that are reasonably priced and conveniently scheduled, CTD has something for anyone looking for professional development opportunities.

Health Coaching & Disease Management Improve your quality of life by managing and preventing chronic or temporary health conditions. - learn more

Amber Jones A family tragedy promoted me to change my lifestyle - learn more

Beth Fairman Kinney Taking a few classes during the work day was the impetus Beth needed to get moving - learn more

Dave Canup My life changed the day I found out that I was prediabetic - learn more

Elayna Grody My blood test results came back with high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol.  - learn more

Jeff Johnson Running these races is not about being the first to cross the finish line.  Getting out there and to see what you are capable of feels great!   - learn more

Jennifer Bynum I had been fairly fit when I started graduate school in 2012, but over the two years, the stress of school and overeating caught up to me.  - learn more

Kathleen Dussault For the first time in many years, I am 100 pounds below my top weight - learn more

Kelli Hykes A health issue prompted me to lose weight - learn more

Laurel Helber I celebrated by 66th birthday by walking the Columbus Marathon - learn more

Mahoganey McMillion Mahagoaney realized that small changes will help get her asthma under control! - learn more

Patrick VanWert I know first hand that to quit smoking is the hardest thing I've ever done. It's also the best thing I've ever done for myself. - learn more

Randi Arnett Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!!  This has become my new mantra since being diagnosed with stage II breast cancer at the age of 36. - learn more

Scott Garver Exercise alone wasn't getting Scott the results he wanted - learn more

Sean Fouts It was finally time to lose the extra weight I was carrying around. - learn more

Summer Hawkins I was an athlete growing up.  After graduation, I fell off the wagon and way out of shape. - learn more