Reminders and Benefits SpotlightOSU Urgent Care, Biometrics & Wellness - Biometric screenings performed by your healthcare provider will be accepted for the 2024 wellness requirement if completed between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024.
- If you opt to have your biometrics labs and data completed by your Primary Care Provider, you can access the PCP Provider Form here.
- OSU Urgent Care is offering Biometric Screening dates on November 6-7th and November 12-13th. You can sign up via Gateway to Health!
- Access the Gateway to Health Quick Start Guide here.
- The number to the OSU Urgent Care Front Desk is 614-366-4578 and their team can be reached during normal business hours for scheduling support.
- Reminder: Wellness rewards and reimbursements are for eligible items completed by December 31st, 2024, and submitted by January 7th, 2025, for reimbursement under the 2024 program.
- Open Enrollment: Save the Date! Open Enrollment for 2025 will be conducted November 18th – November 22nd. More information to come!
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Upcoming Wellness & Staff EventsPreparing for the Winter - Date and Time: Tuesday, November 12th at 12:00 PM
- Location: Virtual Webinar via Zoom
- Instructor: Coach Michael
- Sign up at Link to Health!
Employee Awards & Recognition Luncheon - Date and Time: Wednesday, December 11th at 11:30 AM
- Location: Menlo at Edison
November – December 2024 Our EAP Provider, Bronson HelpNet, hosts monthly webinars on a variety of topics. We encourage you to review their list of programming and sign up for any of the webinars that you are interested in! |
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Staff Event SpotlightFall Tailgate 2024 During the Fall Tailgate, participants completed a football trivia game & submitted their answers to be entered to win a raffle prize. Three winners were chosen at random to receive the prize! Our winners were: - Austin Light (Parks Maintenance Worker I)
- Matt Messbarger (Code Enforcement Officer)
- Tyler Wilson (Recreation Coordinator II)
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Pumpkin Showcase 2024 Thank you to everyone who participated in the Pumpkin Showcase this year! Congratulations to the winners: - Best Carved: Jen McBroom (Administrative Assistant)
- Best Decorated: Stacey Morris (Administrator – Compliance & Accreditation)
- Spookiest: Rachel Zarick (Analyst II – Economic Development)
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Mayor's Cup Rodeo
Our Service Team, judges, and spectators had so much fun at the 2024 Mayor’s Cup Rodeo, where there was a friendly obstacle-course driven competition to prepare our equipment for snow and ice season. Congratulations to our rodeo winners! - 1st Place: Hunter McKnight
- 2nd Place: Kody Rubright
Employee Golf League 2024 Our 2024 Employee Golf League concluded for the season with a Golf Scramble. Congratulations to our winners! And a special shout out to Krista Johnston for her efforts in coordinating the league. - 1st Place: Krista Johnston, Chelsea Heppert, Joe Hebdo, and Sarah Wagner
- 2nd Place: Mike Frey, Michael Blackford, Miranda Vollmer, and Joe Collin
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Mental Health Minute from our EAP ProviderWe know that many of our employees are facing challenges and stressors that can be overwhelming. Learning to cope with stress healthily can help you become more resilient and lessen the impact of day-to-day stressors. Taking care of your mental health is as vital as your physical health, and managing stress has lasting impacts on both. In the Moment Stress Relief When you feel stressed, your body responds by releasing hormones that can increase your blood pressure and raise your heart rate. Healthcare Providers refer to this as the stress response. Relaxation techniques can help your body relax and help regulate your cardiovascular response. - Deep Breathing: One of the simplest ways to relax is by practicing deep, focused, and intentional breathing.
- Meditation: Mediation involves focusing your attention to help calm your nerves.
- Focused attention: You might focus on your breath, an object, or a set of words.
- Progressive relaxation: This is another simple technique that you can do anywhere when you begin to feel the effects of stress. Starting with your toes and feet, focus on tightening your muscles for a few moments, and then releasing them. Follow this line of thinking through your legs, arms, hands, etc. to find relief.
Mental Health EAP Services You can request non-urgent counseling online through our EAP Provider 24/7.
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Tuned Hearing BenefitAs part of your Tuned hearing benefit, you can meet with an audiologist to set up and program your Air Pods and iPhones to make hearing health more accessible. As a bonus, Apple has recently received FDA approval for their new Air Pods as the first ‘over-the-counter hearing aid software.’ An upgrade will be coming soon to allow you to program your new Air Pods are hearing devices through Tuned directly! Check out the following resources for iPhone and Air Pods: |
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Reminders About Cold and Flu SeasonThe City of Gahanna follows updated CDC guidelines for the flu, COVID-19, and other illnesses. If you are sick or have a fever, stay home! Communicate with your supervisor or department head regarding your symptoms and needs if you are unable to report to work. If you test positive for COVID-19, you may return to work after 24 hours fever-free with no medication, but you will need to wear a mask for five days while testing positive to prevent the spread of illness. If you have the flu, stay home for at least 24 hours until your symptoms are getting better overall, and you have not had a fever without using fever-reducing medication. CDC Resources:
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Joke of the Month
Why was the turkey asked to join a band?
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Employee Spotlight- Gerad Tanner (Parks Team Member I): Gerad wrote and illustrated an independent children’s book titled The Day I was a Puppy. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and being with his wife and their children in the Gahanna Parks.
- Victoria Zinns (Communications Technician): Victoria grew up on a farm with her grandparents and in the Gahanna community. She is thrilled to join the City of Gahanna and be able to provide support and give back to our staff and residents.
- Cody Readnour (Customer Service Specialist): Cody graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Sports and Lifestyle studies. He has spent the bulk of his career in Parks and Recreation and in his spare time, enjoys learning new trades, like woodworking.
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