Jessea Frank completed an internship with the PCMC Wellness Team over the summer. She performed several projects including providing Vitality training to new associates, coordinating WellSaid presentations on nutrition and exercise topics, creating wellness onboarding materials, and developing a "Treat of the Week" and "Weekly Wellbeing Topics" for associates. Through her internship, she gained experience collaborating with other organizations, designing educational activities, and learning how a company wellness team functions.

2. Jessea Frank
2015 Summer
Internship Presentation

3. Health Promotion & Wellness Major

4. Wellness Internship

5. Summer Projects Overview
 Perform Vitality training for new associates
 Coordinate WellSaid presentations
 Create Wellness on-boarding material
 Develop & coordinate “Treat of the Week”
 Research, design & publish “Weekly Wellbeing Topics” for
future use.

6. Vitality Training
1. Website research
2. Training materials
-Vitality program outline
-Vitality Point Opportunities packet
-PCMC walking club handout
3. Scheduling sessions
-Personal invitation
-Continuous follow up emails
-Contact lead to communicate
4. Weekly trainings
-Group trainings
-Individual trainings
Purpose: To provide “newer” associates with knowledge of Vitality & all it’s functions.

7. Vitality Training
Completed Trainings
Uncompleted Trainings
Uninterested

8. • Worked closely with associates from Prevea
Health.
• Goal: Schedule 6 WellSaid presentations for
PCMC.
• End Result: Scheduled 8 Wellsaid
presentations (bimonthly) August thru
November for PCMC.
-Topics: Nutrition & exercise
-35 Vitality Points per presentation
WellSaid Presentations
Pictured to the left is speaker Deb
Guenterberg, a Registered Dietician
from Prevea Health.
Purpose: To teach associates behaviors to improve or maintain their health.

9. Wellness On-Boarding Material
• Worked with Abby Goenner, CPD Intern.
• Compiled a list of all the wellness resources & their descriptions
into a document for easy access.
Purpose: To give newly hired associates materials to reference regarding the
wellness resources PCMC offers.

10. Treat of the Week
• All 4 locations, All shifts
• Worked with members of the PCMC
Wellness Team to distribute.
Purpose: To educate associates on healthy snacking by providing nutrition facts &
demonstrating correct portion sizes.
Treat of the Week Distribution
Treat: Servings:
Almonds 416
String Cheese 315

11. Weekly Wellbeing Topics
Purpose: To provide associates with a wellness concept each week that they can
incorporate in their daily lives.
• Find interesting & valid articles
• Focus on the 7 dimensions of wellness
• End Result: Found 30 articles that could become potential Weekly
Wellbeing Topics.
PCMC Wellness Site

12. Key Learnings
• Effectively advertising & communicating various wellness
activities within a large company.
• Internal & external collaboration between companies.
• Designing & conducting educational activities.
• Developing sufficient alternatives when “plan A” dosen’t
work out.
• How a company wellness team functions.
• Gaining better insight on project expenses & budgeting.

13. • Daily interactions with PCMC associates
• Customer of Service training
• Handing out “Treat of the Week”
• Networking with Prevea Health associates
Notable Experiences

14. Special Thanks
• Mary Barker
• Travis Kopke
• Mike Kwaterski
• Sandy Enderby
• Tammy Ledvina
• Sheila Greenwood
• Barb Sankovitch
• Jan Hansen
• Randy Bohn
• PCMC Wellness Team
• CPD Department
• PCMC Associates

15. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”
–Vincent Van Gogh
Thank you for your time & attention