Fit Business Award
2006 Winners
Redi-Tag
(Less than 25 employees)
This small company strives to make a healthy lifestyle fun, easy, and rewarding. They encourage participation in 5K runs/walks and host a Health Challenge every year that includes rewards for the winners. To make healthy eating easy, Redi-Tag includes healthy food in company lunches and vending machines and teaches employees about good nutrition.
The Lapham Company
(25-99 employees)
This company provides free, home-cooked, healthy lunches for employees three times a week. In addition, pilates classes are offered multiple times per week in their on-site exercise room. Employees claim that the focus on healthy foods has greatly impacted their purchasing and cooking habits outside of work, which is what the Wellness Task Force strives for in promoting healthy workplace policies.
Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing
(100-299 employees)
Grundfos has implemented a voluntary health risk assessment, where each employee receives three goals to accomplish over a one-year period. When employees reach these goals, they are awarded prizes or other incentives. Additional company programs include walking clubs, lunch and learn sessions, mandatory stretching breaks on company time, and healthier food options highlighted in their vending machines.
Shimano American Company
(100-299 employees)
Besides creating some of the world’s best cycling components, Shimano American endeavors to create a healthy workforce. This year Shimano American launched the “Shimano Fit Program” that included a health fair, free health screenings and financial rewards for employees who exercise regularly. In addition, Shimano American provides gym club reimbursement and pedometers to keep track of those participating in their multi-hundred mile walking clubs.
Anheuser-Busch, Los Angeles Brewery
(300-999 employees)
The Anheuser-Busch Los Angeles Brewery provides a variety of healthy food options including fresh fruit on a daily basis. Employees also have access to a personal trainer and an on-site gym facility. Through their “Ability for Life” program, Anheuser-Busch provides health screenings, educational programs, and promotes a 10,000 steps walking program.
USAA
(300-999 employees)
As a two-time Fit Business Award winner, USAA continues to provide exemplary programs for their employees. This includes an on-site fitness center with access to personal trainers. The company provides a Weight Watchers at Work program, massage therapy, an on-site clinic staffed by nurses and a physical therapist, discounted pedometers, and a health education Web site with information and tools to help employees develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
USAA provides its employees with balanced, healthy food choices at on-site cafeterias, vending machines, and catered events, with detailed nutrition information accompanied by each food item.
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD)
(More than 1000 employees)
Highlights of SMUD’s wellness program include an on-site gym facility with access to personal trainers, massage therapists, and nutritionists. SMUD also promotes on-going jogging and walking clubs, lunch and learn sessions, and subsidizes a healthy lunch program for employees. They work in partnership with Savvy Fitness, Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente.
County of Ventura
(More than 1000 employees)
The County of Ventura asks employees and their spouses to complete a Wellness Profile to evaluate their cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI, glucose and other risk factors. Employees and spouses then receive ongoing health coaching to help with difficult lifestyle changes. Participants also receive assistance through healthy cooking, exercise, weight loss and diabetes classes in combination with the County's supportive health resources and policies.
