Employee Health & Wellness is pleased to announce new initiatives designed to help team members improve their health! Area fitness centers are partnering with UM Shore Regional Health to offer incentives for membership, as follows:
The YMCA of the Chesapeake always offers an income-based membership fee structure. that helps make membership rates fair and affordable for everyone. In addition, the Y has agreed to waive the one-time Joining Fee for UM Shore Regional team members who present their employee ID upon joining.
The YMCA of the Chesapeake* includes:
Easton Family YMCA, Easton, MD- Caroline County Family YMCA, Denton, MD
- Queen Anne’s County Family YMCA, Centreville MD
- St. Michaels Family YMCA, St. Michaels, MD
- Richard A. Henson Family Family YMCA, Salisbury, MD
- Lower Shore Family YMCA, Pocomoke City, MD
- Chincoteague Island Family YMCA, Chincoteague, VA
*Note: The Dorchester YMCA and YMCA of the Chesapeake have established a reciprocal relationship so that if you join one, you can participate in the other’s programs.
For Kent County residents, Kent Athletic & Wellness Center (KAWC) offers UM SRH team members a 10% discount off the membership fee and the enrollment fee will be waived! KAWC is located on High Street in Chestertown, behind Dixon Valve, and offers a wide range of fitness options — social sports, exercise classes (yoga, zumba and more), and personal training. Their facility includes a fully-equipped fitness and weight room, aerobic rooms and a full court gymnasium.
For more information about KAWC, including how to enroll, visit www.kentathletic.com, call 410-778-3148 or email ifithere@kentathletic.com
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And don’t forget! Staff at the Easton location can enjoy weekly Healthy Harvest bags from Emily’s Produce. Here’s how it works:
You decide which week(s) you want to participate. Just drop off $10 (cash or check made out to Emily’s Produce) in an envelope with your name, hospital extension and cell phone number to the Food Service Admin office (near the back entrance to the kitchen) no later than 4 p.m. on Friday for the next week’s Wednesday delivery. (If no one is there, drop the envelope in the box on the file cabinet in the office.) Pick up your Healthy Harvest bags from Employee Health & Wellness, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the following Wednesday.