/home/eoidevc6/lev-isha.eoidev8.co.il/wp-content/plugins/tracking-code-manager/includes{"id":19948,"date":"2019-04-08T12:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lev-isha.org\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2019-04-15T08:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T08:51:40","slug":"19948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lev-isha.eoidev8.co.il\/en\/19948\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassadors: The Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 2019 marked the first anniversary of our Health Ambassadors in the Workplace initiative. This program’s impact has far exceeded our expectations!!\u00a0 Health ambassadors are \"\"<\/a>revolutionizing health in their places of employment.\u00a0\u00a0 They have changed the refreshments in organizational meetings, altered cafeteria menus,\u00a0spearheaded company-based\u00a0sports teams, coordinated physical activity classes, organized smoking cessation groups, and much more.<\/p>\n

One site, the Law Enforcement and Collection System Authority (LECSA,) has undergone a transformation.<\/p>\n

LECSA is a national organization with offices in multiple cities.\u00a0 Two LECSA representatives took part in our January 2018 program.\u00a0 \u00a0These representatives were ambitious, motivated, and fully supported by their supervisors and LECSA management.<\/p>\n

Our ambassadors assembled a steering committee to outline goals, objectives and a plan of action.\u00a0 The steering committee included the vice CEO, the CFO, two field employees, a district manager, and two Pollin Center ambassadors, so as to ensure the program’s success and sustainability.\u00a0 The committee\u2019s first decision was to appoint and train health ambassadors in every branch of the organization.<\/p>\n

One hundred and twenty employees answered the \u201ccall for applicants,\u201d offering to serve as LESCA local health coordinators.\u00a0 The committee screened the applicants and chose 25. \u00a0Our graduates independently coordinated the training program for this new group of trainees! The training included information about healthy nutrition, physical activity, and stress reduction. Upon returning to their districts, graduates began to implement local programs. To date, local ambassadors have conducted stress reduction workshops, health related lectures, and smoking prevention activities. Some have even appointed deputy health ambassadors!<\/p>\n

Other ambassador initiatives included:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n