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Muncie Community Muncie Community Schools and Ball Schools and Ball State UniversityState University
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How did our partnership begin?
• Muncie Community Schools (MCS) has been meeting with Ball State University’s (BSU) Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology faculty members for over two (2) years.
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Initial Objectives for this Partnership
• As a school corporation, MCS was looking for a resource that would help them establish wellness initiatives for both students and employees.
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MCS Wellness Committees
• MCS has two (2) separate wellness committees. One (1) for the students and another for employees.
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MCS Obstacles
• MCS does not have a person who has dedicated time to devote to wellness initiatives for both their students and employees.
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MCS Obstacles
• MCS was looking to BSU for ideas on wellness initiatives that would be easy to implement and beneficial to our students and employees.
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MCS Obstacles
• MCS has twenty (20) different buildings for students and employees; and therefore, logistics in implementing programs was needed.
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2005/2006 Employee 2005/2006 Employee ProgramProgram
2005/2006 Employee 2005/2006 Employee ProgramProgram
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“Passport: Roundtrip to Health”
• The first wellness initiative that MCS implemented with the help of BSU was the “Passport: Roundtrip to Health Program.”
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“Passport: Roundtrip to Health”
• BSU researched this program and offered local corporations the opportunity to use it.
• All materials needed to implement this program were provided by BSU.
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“Passport: Roundtrip to Health”
• BSU offered support with the implementation and overall administration of the program.
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“Passport: Roundtrip to Health”
• This program was free to all employees and participation was much higher than originally expected.
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MCS – Lead up Activities
• Leading up to implementing the “Passport: Roundtrip to Health,” MCS offered a corporate health fair.
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MCS – Lead up Activities
• In addition, at all twenty (20) buildings, employees were given the opportunity to complete a Health Risk Assessment and the following screenings: blood/sugar, BMI, cholesterol and blood pressure.
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Next StepsNext StepsNext StepsNext Steps
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Future Initiatives
• MCS would like to grow the partnership with the BSU Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology.
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Future Initiatives
• MCS is looking for resources to help coordinate wellness initiatives and programs at no cost.
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Future Initiatives
• MCS would like assistance in assessing the current wellness initiatives in each of our schools so that wellness issues unique to a particular building can be addressed along with the total corporate picture.
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Future Initiatives
• MCS is in need of assistance with writing grants for wellness programs.
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Future Initiatives
• It is our hope that BSU will share other school corporations’ wellness initiatives and ideas with the Muncie Community Schools.
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MCS values the MCS values the partnership with BSU!partnership with BSU!
MCS values the MCS values the partnership with BSU!partnership with BSU!