Wellness Wednesday

Learn about yo-yo dieting; the repeated cycle of weight loss and regain. Investigate the body’s response to this type of eating pattern, discover the potential risks that are known to be associated with this, and discuss healthier approaches to weight management that may help in achieving long term success.

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Click on the desired times below to register and add the meeting to your calendar

Feeling sluggish or lack of energy? It may be a sign that you need to eat more nutrient-rich foods. March is National Nutrition Month, and is the perfect time to develop better eating habits! We've provided three flyers below to help get you started.

March 6 - April 3, 2023

Our Group Step Challenge is a 4-week competition to help prepare staff for the Special Olympics Race for Inclusion 5K. The 5K race will be on April 1st.

Hours of Operation:

The Call Center will be open to take appointments Monday–Friday from 8am to 5pm.

Face-to-Face, Televisit (via Video), and Telephonic (via Telephone) appointments are available.

If assistance is needed after hours, you will be re-routed to our 24-hour nurse line for ongoing patient services.

Pasco Go Healthy, the District’s employee wellness program, is recruiting employees from every campus across the District (including the District Office) to serve as Wellness Champions. The Wellness Champion Network is comprised of employees who are passionate about their own health and wellbeing and are enthusiastic about motivating others to do the same.

As a Wellness Champion, you will have a prominent role in creating a Culture of Wellbeing throughout the District!

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a benefit program intended to ensure a healthy work environment for all staff. Through a partnership between Pasco County Schools and New Directions (our behavioral health care provider), our employees will have access to enhanced services. These services include counseling and referral for personal or work-related issues, health coaching, legal and financial consultation, and a wealth of online resources.

Click here for more information about EAP

New Directions Employee Assistance Program

A free confidential tool to help you overcome life challenges and live a happy, balanced life.

Click here to access New Directions

Company code is: Pasco

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Disclaimer: These webinars are NOT part of the Wellness Incentive Program and are NOT incentivized.

Whatever your reason to quit is, Tobacco Free Florida offers free tools and services to help you get started.

Sign Up for a Smoking Cessation Program.
Click from the buttons below to schedule a session.

Tobacco Free Florida's Group Quit Sessions (in-person or virtual) now offer participants $50 - $125 in gift cards for their attendance.*

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Free, expert-led in-person or virtual sessions for all Florida residents, regardless of insurance status. Upon class completion, participants are eligible to receive free nicotine replacement therapy such as gum, patches or lozenges.**

*while supplies last

**if medically appropriate for those 18 years of age or older

This incentive is through AHEC and is not part of the District’s Health and Wellness Incentive Program

Neither Pasco Schools nor MHO recommends, endorses, warrants or guarantees any specific vendor, product or service available under or through the Blue365 Program or Site.

Did you know that the average American cannot cover a $400 emergency?

Or that 78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck?

Are you one of them?

For six weeks we’ll be embarking on weekly financial challenges, that will help guide you to a path of a debt free life.

This program is open to ALL Pasco County School employees

Pasco County Schools offers incentives for covered employees and retirees who complete their annual Vital Health Profile. This program is voluntary; however, participants must follow the steps outlined here in order to qualify for the 2023 incentive.

Already Completed your VHP?

Work with a My Health Onsite Health Coach to achieve your wellness goals! Talk with your My Health Onsite provider to be enrolled. Employees enrolled in the Pascofit option may be eligible to earn additional incentive rewards by completing up to 2 wellness programs with a Health Coach. More information about the wellness programs through My Health Onsite can be found here.

The HWI 1st quarter for Pascofit is January 1 - March 31, 2023. Click here for more information.

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Email: wellness@pasco.k12.fl.us
Website: pascogohealthy.net
Location: 7227 Land O' Lakes Blvd, Land O' Lakes, FL 34638, USA
Phone: 813-794-2276