Americans strive to live longer, feel more invigorated, be healthier and that desire transcends into every American’s work ethic. Your job as an employer is to tap into that desire, creating a happier workforce and in turn, lower health costs.

Our goal is to start every working man and woman on a balanced path to fitness and wellness. Let us help you focus your corporate efforts on making your work environment supportive to healthy behavior by providing employees with every opportunity to be fit, healthy and happy.

We do this by providing our client companies with membership options to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). Our memberships, coupled with engaging programs serve two purposes: to create a culture of healthier lifestyles and to lower the health risk factors of employees, eventually making a positive impact on health care costs.

Many companies are interested in devoting time and money to employee wellness, but the dilemma many face is where and how to invest resources. The SRWC can take your wellness vision and make it a reality with our Corporate Membership Structure.

Our packages are identical when comparing employee benefits. Pricing differences stem from the benefits the company enjoys. The larger the package, the more program offerings made available to all of your employees.

The SRWC can also offer free or further discounted memberships to your employees should you choose the corporate contribution method, paying some or all of the memberships fees on behalf of the employee. Contact the Senior Assistant Director of Member and Guest Services for more information about this option.

Please note: Employees with existing SRWC memberships will be eligible for Affiliate rates upon the expiration of his/her current contract. Adjustments will not be made mid-contract.

Affiliate Memberships
Affiliates can enjoy all of the amenities of the SRWC during normal operating hours. Visit our Affiliate Membership section for pricing details.

Towel Service
With towel service, your employee may receive up to two towels per visit. Towels are checked out using your membership ID at the equipment issue desk on the lower level of the SRWC.

Fitness Assessment
The fitness assessment program provides a comprehensive evaluation of your employee’s overall fitness level that will enable them to better understand where they are and where they can be. A well-trained staff member will test your employee’s fitness level in the following areas: body composition, muscular strength and endurance, aerobic capacity and flexibility. Once they have completed these tests, they will receive a printout of the results which will help them better gauge their fitness level. The fitness assessment will take approximately one hour to complete.

Employee Usage and Participation Analysis Report
This report will provide you with a general analysis of the employees who have SRWC memberships and their progress. Information will include: attendance and frequency rates, program participation statistics and health status evaluations.

Digital Advertising
Over 2,500 patrons visit the SRWC every day. Those patrons consist of the nearly 23,000 students on Kent’s main campus as well as 1,500 faculty/staff and community members. Nearly two-thirds of users visit the facility several times each week, making it the perfect venue for reaching a target audience with your message.

Your advertisement will be displayed for 300 minutes per week on three plasma screen monitors hung at high-traffic locations within the facility. Upon purchasing a corporate package, the Marketing Coordinator will contact you to set up the details.


The programs listed below are offered to all employees of your company, regardless of SRWC membership. All programs have maximum participant limits. In those instances, Recreational Services will offer multiple sessions to accommodate all of your participants, but they will only count as one program offering. There is a maximum of 200 participants per program offering. Additional participants will be assessed at $2 per person. Program lengths are also noted. Any requests for additional time will be assessed at $30 per hour.

Belly Dancing
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
Participants can learn basic moves, postures and the cultural significance of the ancient art of belly dance. No previous dance experience is necessary. This program is a great workout for all shapes and sizes.

Boot Camp
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
For those that need a challenge in life, this high intensity class is for you. Plyometrics, speed and agility drills are just a few of the challenges you’ll face during this hour of heart pumping activities. Our instructor will lead you through drills that can include jump rope, push ups, jacks and crawls. We’ll have you sweating, that’s for sure!

Core & More
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
The buzz word for the past few years has been “core training.” But beyond the hype, you’ll find out that there is more to the core than just a six pack. All movement emulates from the core, hence the importance of training those muscles.

First Aid/CPR/AED
(20 person session max., 8 hour session)
This course trains lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children or infants. This course also provides the lay responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life and to minimize pain, the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives.

Hip Hop
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
Participants will learn the latest jazz and popular hip-hop music videography styles to give your body a fun and intense workout.

Kickboxing
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
This high intensity, empowering workout will focus on kicks, jabs and hooks! A great cardiovascular workout, kickboxing is perfect for both your upper and lower body.

Latin Aerobics
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
Come and enjoy latin aerobics moves through this high energy, fun and motivating class. This class includes cha-cha, samba and other forms of latin dance. Your waistline gets its own workout while you have fun learning!

On-Site Chair Massage
(30 person session max.)
Is your staff stressed out and looking for the perfect pick-me-up during the middle of the day? Enjoy the relaxing touch of our massage therapist as she gives your employees their own 5-minute chair massage.

Pilates
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
Learn the history and philosophies of pilates mat work. Pilates is a non-impact, non-aerobic, deep muscle conditioning that strengthens the body’s abdominals, gluteals and back.

Spinning®
(19 person session max., 75 min. session)
Spinning® is a fabulous mode of exercise that burns as many as 700 calories per hour, all by using a stationary bike. The benefits of the class include building an aerobic base, increase aerobic capacity, improve fat metabolism and improvement of oxygen consumption.

Sporting Events
(Participant count and session length can be customized for any sport)
We can offer your company a wide assortment of customized sporting events that happen within the SRWC. Below are a list of available sports that your employees can enjoy.

• Indoor Volleyball
• Sand Volleyball
• Dodgeball
• Basketball
• Indoor Soccer
• Kickball

Team-building and Leadership Challenges
(60 person session maximum, 2 hour session)
Does your group want to become more effective team players? Need to improve communication between co-workers? The Team-building and Leadership Challenges program provides adventure-challenge opportunities to help your group reach its full potential. These adventure-challenge opportunities are presented in the form of new games, trust exercises, initiatives and low or high ropes challenge course elements.

Yoga
(32 person session max., 75 min. session)
Participants will learn the fundamentals of Hatha Yoga. The focus will be on introducing beginner’s level yoga poses and breathing techniques to increase mind and body awareness.

Zumba™
(40 person session max., 75 min. session)
Zumba™ is a fusion of latin and international music, involving dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. The routines feature aerobic interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body.

Four of the 10 most costly health conditions affecting employers are related to heart disease and stroke. Employees with heart disease and its risk factors cost employers thousands of dollars more than healthy employees each year through higher insurance premiums.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts found that with every 1 percent increase in body mass index, an individual’s annual health care costs goes up $120.

The National Safety Council stated that in 1996, backaches alone cost industry more than $1.2 billion in production and services and $275 million in worker’s compensation.

“Of the $5,000 per employee the average employer spent on health care in 2001, more than 95% was spent on diagnosis and treatment, with maybe 2-3% being invested in early detections (screenings) and no more than 1-2% in prevention. This reactive approach persists despite evidence that 50% of health care expenditures are life-style related and therefore potentially preventable.”

Each smoker costs an employer an additional $3,856 a year in health care costs and lost productivity. In fact, nationwide, smoking attributable productivity losses from 1997-2001 cost $92 billion.

Employers who invest in worksite health promotion programs can see a return of $3-$6 for every dollar invested over a 2-5 year period. Documented savings are observed in medical costs, absenteeism, worker’s compensation claims, and short-term disability.

Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, December 2005


There are hundreds of articles that analyze the research and anecdotal evidence of the cost-effectiveness of worksite wellness programs. In a review of these articles, there has been shown to be a: 28% reduction in sick leave absenteeism; 26% reduction in use of the health care benefit; and 30% reduced worker’s compensation claims and disability management.

Source: Larry Chapman, “Meta-evaluation of Worksite Health Promotion Economic Return Studies,” The American Journal of Health Promotion, 2003


A recent study showed that corporate fitness center participants had 1.3 days fewer short-term disability claims per year per employee than non-participants and had fewer health risks.

Source: Journal of Occupational and Environment Medicine, April 2006


On average, health care claim costs for IBM employees who exercise 1-2 times a week are $350 a year less than those who don’t exercise at all.

Source: Joyce Young, IBM’s Well-Being Director in BenefitNews.com, March, 2006

A corporate wellness program can help enhance and support your organization’s core values and culture.


There is a well-documented relationship between healthy employees and worker productivity.


Studies reveal that an employee’s quality of life, mental performance and time management was 15% better on days when they exercised.


A high quality wellness program is an employee recruitment and retention tool. As more and more employers add wellness programs and on-site fitness centers to their benefit package, it is important to stay current and competitive.


People spend more time at work today than any other place - employers can use this captive audience to help make healthy behavior changes.

• Reductions in health care costs
• Reductions in worker disability
• Increases in worker productivity
• Increases in workforce morale
• Reductions in absenteeism
• Increases in the energy of the workforce
• Stress management and a reduction in the associated costs of high stress
• Competitive perks to attract and retain talent
• Team-building and team cohesion
   

To become a corporate affiliate or for answers to any of your questions, please contact us.

Tasha R. Ledrich
Senior Assistant Director,
Member & Guest Services
trichard@kent.edu
330-672-0486

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