Wellness Day 2014
On February 26, 2014 the Wellness Initiative Network (WIN) celebrated its 14th Annual Wellness Day. Held each year in the spring semester, Wellness Day was developed in association with the Department of Campus Recreation & Wellness (CRW) and is meant to acknowledge the eight dimensions of well-being: emotional, financial, intellectual, social, spiritual, physical, vocational, and global. This year’s theme was "Wellness Within; Find Your Fit."
The event featured various on-campus student services as part of the theme and took the opportunity to promote and expose all of the services available to Barry students in order to enhance their overall well-being.
Student Health Center’s Graduate Assistant Anne Wight handed out first-aid kits and personal care goody bags to attendees, in exchange for their input on how they practiced health and wellness.
Wellness Day included vendors associated with self-care options, nutrition, health care, environmental care, physical and recreational alternatives, life coaching, stress reduction and relaxation. The vendors engaged the Barry community at their booths by offering a range of activities.
CRW Graduate Assistant Stephanie Anderson handing a raffle prize to School of Education Administrative Assistant Joanne Ittilucksatit.
Each vendor handed out participation tokens which were later redeemed for entries to win a wide variety of gift cards, sporting events tickets, and products.
Apothecary Miami- Providing education on natural beauty products and natural remedies.
In addition to the vendors, the event included variety of demonstrations, presentations, and fun activities meant to engage the Barry community.
Rock Wall – CRW Graduate Assistant Genessys Villalba taking on the rock wall challenge.
This year’s Wellness Day was not only about finding balance in life, looking within, and finding what fits, but bringing an awareness and recognition of wellness as a community, while aspiring to make healthy lifestyle changes.
For more information on Wellness Day, visit the WIN home page. Visit the photo gallery to see what happened at this year’s event and check out the YouTube video.