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Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors play a key role in supporting Healthy & Well initiatives by sharing resources and events with their areas, divisions, and coworkers and, in doing so, promote a culture of whole-person wellness at LBNL.
Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors play a key role in supporting Healthy & Well initiatives by sharing resources and events with their areas, divisions, and coworkers and, in doing so, promote a culture of whole-person wellness at LBNL.
Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors
Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors
Berkeley Lab Wellness Ambassadors are staff volunteers who play a key role in supporting the Lab’s health and wellness resources by promoting them to their areas, divisions, departments, groups and friends. Any LBNL employee can volunteer as a Wellness Ambassador.
Wellness Ambassador Role
Wellness Ambassador Role
Voluntary role to help increase employee participation and engagement in wellness activities and, by doing so, promote a culture of whole-person wellness at LBNL.
Share health and wellness resources with your area, division, group and area communications team
Share your enthusiasm for health and wellness and advocate for a healthier lifestyle, wellness, self-care and resilience
Act as a resource for fellow staff who are seeking information
Participate in wellness programs and activities
Wellness Ambassadors are asked to commit to this role for at least one year
Benefits of Being a Wellness Ambassador
Benefits of Being a Wellness Ambassador
Provides motivation to stay committed to your own health and wellness goals.
Enhances your communication and planning skills.
Contribute to a healthy workplace and work culture at Berkeley Lab
Support the LBNL Culture Survey results and institutional priority areas (see below)
Receive annual recognition
Add to your PMP
Support the LBNL Culture Survey Results and Institutional Priority Areas
Support the LBNL Culture Survey Results and Institutional Priority Areas
The five culture themes in the image to the right are the basis for the 2024 Culture Survey.
Wellness Ambassadors support the connection and community, opportunities for growth and learning, and work-life harmony areas through sharing events, programs and information, encouraging participation in workshops and communities of practice, and building connections within their areas, divisions and groups.
Connection and Community: Mindfulness and gratitude communities of practice, weekly stretch breaks, EAP support groups, EAA soccer, running, softball, yoga, meditation clubs, UC Moves
Opportunities for Growth & Learning: Be Well at Work workshops, mindfulness practices, financial health workshops, nutrition information, mental health information
Work-Life Harmony: break reminders and suggestions, ways to explore nature, exercise and movement, mindfulness practices, social connections, volunteering
Image above is inspired by The Surgeon General's Framework
for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being
Time Commitment
Time Commitment
Minimal time commitment - approximately 1-2 hours per month.
Logistics
Logistics
Once approved, you will be added to a Google Group email list and will receive monthly updates with a variety of resources to share with your area, division and/or groups.
How to become a Wellness Ambassador
How to become a Wellness Ambassador
We would like to have at most two wellness ambassadors per division. Take a look at the roster below to see if your division already has representatives.
Discuss your interest in becoming a Wellness Ambassador with your supervisor.
Sign up via our Wellness Ambassador Sign Up Form
Please be sure to provide your supervisor's name and email in the form as we will contact them for their approval.
If you have questions, please contact: wellness-coordinators@lbl.gov
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