Work Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Portland, OR Birdie Wermy, MPH (S. Cheyenne)

NPAIHB Wellness Activities –Monthly wellness tips & weekly workouts led by staff –Spokane challenge –NPAIHB 8 wk fitness challenge – 3 rd annual –Monthly Birthday recognition Healthy all staff food –Quarterly potlucks Work

NPAIHB Wellness Activities –Executive Director’s Annual Hot Dog Feed/Chili Cook Off – Oregon Food Bank –Annual Picnic –Annual Indian Day Celebration –Co-Ed Basketball team (5 staff) –TeamHANDS Hood 2 Coast Team Work

Spokane Challenge – 6 weeks Valentine’s Day Potluck –optional workplace activity – February St. Patrick’s Day Potluck – March Graduate Recognition Potluck – June 2nd Annual 8 week summer challenge – staff awarded with NPAIHB shirt 2 Brown Bag luncheon presentations – nutrition 2015 Accomplishments

Box of toiletries – NARA/Indian Day Celebration 3 baby showers Annual all staff Oaks Amusement Park – August NICWA gifting program – partnered with BIA for Christmas gift tags Hot Dog Feed – Oregon Food Bank – December Holiday Party (Jon’s Incredible Pizza)– December Oregonian Newspaper – Top Workplace award Sit-stand desks installed & used daily – 35 total (out of 43 staff)

Workplace Wellness

Weekly 3-5 Mile Runs Hawthorne Bridge run Charthouse Restaurant run

Fitness Challenges 2014 & week Spokane Fitness Challenge 24 & 25 participants Log weekly minutes with a minimum goal of 150/week Aggregate reports Incentives 2016 update – 8 week –

Fitness Challenges 2014 NPAIHB 8 week Fitness Challenge 18 participants – honor system 2015 NPAIHB 8 week Fitness Challenge 22 participants T-shirt incentive & raffle drawing 2016 NPAIHB 8 week Fitness Challenge 32 participants!! 2015 NPAIHB staff avg = 3,427 mins/wk Individual avg = 163 mins/wk

2015 NPAIHB Wellness Survey Survey was previously completed in 2012 & – Wellness Survey administered to all staff in office (40) 8 questions 29 respondents; 28 use their 30 mins of work –24 staff members reported their use in 2014 –Others use it at the gym –Cycle –Swim

Wellness Conferences Native Fitness Aging Well & Sports Speed System Sept. 1-2, 2015 Beaverton, OR Native Fitness Training –Beaverton, OR –Sept Native Women’s & Men’s Wellness Conference –San Diego, CA. –2013, 2014 & 2015 Work Steering Committee - quarterly –Oregon Public Health Institute Improve Employee Health & Well Being - OPHI Webinar Sedentary Work: Implications & Interventions for Worker Safety & Health Moore Institute Symposium – Nutrition of Girls & Women in Oregon

2016 Goals Send weekly workouts/monthly wellness tips Initiate 8 week challenge (summer) –Participate in other Tribal fitness challenges –Shamrock run, Race for the Cure, AIDS walk Continue to implement suggestions from NPAIHB Wellness survey –Secret Pal board – 6 months –Brown bag presentation(s) –Yoga sessions/videos & other weekly workouts (bike riding & meditation etc.) HANDS Hood to Coast Team (August)

NPAIHB Wellness Committee Members Left to right (back row): Victoria (co-chair), Colbie, Jacqueline, Luella, Ryan, Nora (front row): Tara, Tanya, Birdie (chair) & baby Eddie Candice Tam Erik

A’ho (Thank You)! NPAIHB Wellness Committee Contact Birdie Wermy, MPH (S. Cheyenne) Direct Line Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board 2121 SW Broadway, Suite 300 Portland, Oregon

INTRODUCING TEAM HANDS “HEALTHY ACTIVE NATIVES DOING SOMETHING” Front row: Nora, Birdie, Monika, Antoinette. Back row: Ryan, Jessica, Stephanie, Maggie, Celena. Not pictured: Erik, Nanette & Gavin.

WHAT IS HOOD TO COAST? THE MOTHER OF ALL RELAYS! DATES: August , 2016 TOTAL TEAMS: 1,050 teams of 12 runners (minimum of 8) RACE COURSE: Hood To Coast is 198 miles long. TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: The 2016 event will include 12,600 runners and 3,600 volunteers ORIGIN: HTC began in 1982 with 8 teams and has filled the team cap on the opening day of registration for the last 18 years straight! COURSE MAP

TEAM HANDS VANS VAN 1 RUNNERS: (1) Maggie (2) Birdie (3) Jessica (4) Nora (5) Erik (6) Gavin VAN 2 RUNNERS: (7) Celena (8) Antoinette (9) Monika (10) Nanette (11) Stephanie (12) Ryan

HOW IT WORKS TIMBERLINE LODGE (Mt. Hood) VAN 1 START VAN 2 drive to SANDY, OR to START SANDY HIGH SCHOOL (37400 SE Bluff Rd Sandy, OR) VAN 2 RUN VAN 1 REST in PORTLAND, OR HAWTHORNE BRIDGE (Portland, OR) VAN 1 RUN VAN 2 REST in SCAPPOOSE, OR

HOW IT WORKS COLUMBIA FAIRGROUNDS (58892 Saulser Rd, St Helens, OR 97051) VAN 2 RUN VAN 1 REST in SLEEPING AREA at this exchange (TENTS/in VAN) BIRKENFELD (13950 Hwy 202 Birkenfeld, OR 97016) VAN 1 RUN VAN 2 REST in SLEEPING AREA at this exchange (TENTS/in VAN) ASTORIA (87232 Hwy 202 Astoria, OR 97103) VAN 2 FINISH VAN 1 drive to SEASIDE, OR to END

FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WHY RAISE MONEY? Registration fee: $1, Food Travel Lodging Racing gear e.g. shirts, reflective vests, flashlights, flashers FUNDRAISING EFFORTS Luncheons: Posole bowls Spaghetti feed Hot dog feed Pie/Bake sale Indian Taco sale Pop can recycling QBM Auction Treats and small snacks for a dollar $4,000 GOAL – $2,000 currently

WHY DO IT?!? We LOVE Wellness NPAIHB advocates for wellness in the workplace and we take advantage We feel lucky! More than 2,800 teams from all 50 states and over 38 countries applied and ONLY 1,050 got in! We are Healthy Active Natives Doing Something! Our team is NOT about becoming expert runners, our team IS about the joy of being physically active and healthy – walk the talk! Hood to Coast is rewarding experience. It’s more than just a run. It’s a bonding experience. It’s a way to express what your body can do. And it’s just plain fun! You walk away feeling like “Wow I did that” or more likely “Wow WE did that.”

WORKPLACE WELLNESS Changing the workplace wellness dynamic – more staff are using their 30 minutes of wellness/fitness challenges! Different group activities! More staff are getting out to exercise! Supportive workplace for everything we do! Wellness is a big DEAL! Secretly challenging one another! Discipline Walk the talk! MORE to come!!! NPAIHB teamHANDS Hood to Coast Go Fund Me Page

A’HO! H2C 2016 TEAMHANDS NPAIHB teamHANDS Hood to Coast Go Fund Me Page