Please Send Me Membership Information

Wellness Council Membership Benefits

Employer Member: Organizations offering worksite health promotion programs to their own employees. 

Vendor Member: organizations and companies which can provide support services to a worksite wellness program.

1. Improved Morale
When the organizational culture begins to change as a result of your health promotion efforts, you and your employees may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the organization.  Ultimately, one of the most ambitious goals of any comprehensive health promotion program is to attempt to influence the attitudes and actions of the organization’s most valuable resource — its employees. 

2. Reduced Turnover
As we all know, employee replacement costs can be quite high for any kind of business.  The effort and expense associated with running employment ads, reading applications, checking references, interviewing qualified candidates, hiring and training a new employee can be a serious burden on any business.  In light of the challenges that high employee turnover pose, many businesses are looking to health promotion programs as an additional perk that can help to prevent employees from jumping ship.

3. Increased Recruitment Potential
In the midst of a very tight labor market, businesses are forced to pull out the stops in order to recruit new talent.  In some instances, health promotion can prove to be a very valuable tool in sealing the deal. 

4. Reduced Absenteeism
When an employee misses work in a business setting, the entire organization is forced to absorb his/her responsibilities.  Even in the event of the occasional absence caused by things like colds and the flu, work can back-up and tensions can build. 

Even worse is a long-term absence caused by a major health event that requires hospitalization and/or rehabilitation.  By preventing certain types of illness caused by poor lifestyle habits, health promotion   programs can play an important role in reducing absenteeism. 

5. Health Care Cost Containment
Most businesses don’t start a health promotion program with cost containment in mind.  However, cost containment for certain health problems should be considered a viable goal by many businesses. 

6. Improved Employee Health Status
One of the greatest advantages of a well-designed health promotion initiative is the promise of improved health.  There is a growing body of evidence that suggests well-designed health promotion initiatives can successfully impact such behaviors as smoking, high-risk alcohol use, exercise, nutritional habits, seatbelt usage, and stress.

- Employer Membership Benefits
Click Here for WCCI Benefit Details

ACME Printing Company, Inc.	Madison County Health Care System
Allied Insurance	Mahaska Investment Company
	Marshall County
AmerUs Life Insurance Company	Mary Greeley Medical Center
ARAG Insurance Company	Maytag Appliances
August Home Publishing	McKinley, Inc.
Benefit Source, Inc.	Medicap Pharmacies, Inc.
Blood Center of Central Iowa	Mercy Medical Center - Centerville
	Mercy Medical Center-Clinton
Briggs Corporation	Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines
Broadlawns Medical Center	Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque
City of Ames	Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa
City of Des Moines	Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
City of Urbandale	Metalcraft
City of Webster City	Methodist Manor Retirement Community
Clarinda Academy	Midwest Industries, Inc.
Clarinda Regional Health Center	Mills  County Public Health
Continental Western Group	Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
Covenant Health System - Sartori Hospital	Musco Lighting
Dallas County Health System
	The New Homestead
Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts P.C.	North Iowa Area Community College
Dee Zee Manufacturing	Oaknoll Retirement Residence
Des Moines Area Community College	O'Halloran International
Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons	Opportunity Village
Des Moines University - OMC	Ottumwa Regional Health Center
Drake University	Perishable Distributors of Iowa
	Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company
EMC Insurance Companies	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Garst Seed Company	Polk County
	Principal Financial Group
Gomaco	Pure Fishing America
Grand View College
Great River Medical Center	Riverside Distributors
Greater Community Hospital
Greater Des Moines Partnership	Scottish Rite Park
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Guthrie County Hospital	Sioux Center Community Hospital
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital	Technical Services
Hy-Vee, Inc.	Tone Brothers, Inc.
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care	Townsend Engineering
Iowa Health System - Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital	Trinity Regional Hospital
Iowa State Association of Counties	University of Northern Iowa
John Deere Credit	VA Medical Center
Kiefer Built LLC	Waverly Municipal Hospital
LaMair-Mulock-Condon Company	Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Life Investors/AEGON USA	Wells' Dairy
Luther College	West Des Moines Community School District
	Weyerhaeuser
	YWCA of Greater Des Moines
	(Well Workplace Companies are highlighted)

Wellness Council Vendor Membership Benefits

• Opportunity to promote services and products in the Wellness Council bi-monthly Well Informed packet.
• Free exhibit space for Annual Conference on Worksite Wellness.
• Receive Council newsletter, Wellness Works.
• Opportunity to attend Coucil Meetings and workshops.
• Opportunity to present at Delegate meetings and workshops when appropriate.
• Opportunity to co-sponsor speakers/events, upon approval of topic and/or speakers.
• Volunteer representation on the Council Committees to help develop future programs and products.
• Discounted registration fees for national health promotion conferences.
• A link to the Wellness Council web site (http://www.ciwc.org)