News Release                            For Immediate Release

                                                                                                                    October 17, 2006

Make a Difference in Your Workplace!

Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week - October 23  - 29, 2006

Canada's Healthy Workplace Week runs from October 23 to 29. The theme is Make a Difference in Your Workplace!  Whether the CEO or on the shop floor, you can make a difference!

Sponsored by Canadian Healthy Workplace Council, Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week celebrates what is going on in your organization and what can be done to make things better.  The Council is dedicated to increasing awareness of the positive connection between employee health and organizational productivity, profitability and long-term success.

One example locally is efforts by the Grey Bruce Health Services to support wellness in the workplace. During Healthy Workplace Week, all five sites of the Health Services will promote physical fitness and healthy eating programs with a variety of displays and presentations.

Experience from workplaces across Canada show a healthy workplace integrates health into business planning. Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week includes a web-based initiative highlighting both events and resources. The website www.healthyworkplaceweek.ca has ideas for any type of organization looking to promote the wellbeing of employees, a healthy workplace environment and ultimately its own success.

Workplace health initiatives are happening locally during Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week. Call Public Health at 519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 to find out what is happening in your area or visit our web site at www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.

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For more information:

Lynda Bumstead

Manager, Chronic Disease Prevention Program

Grey Bruce Health Unit

519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 ext. 463