An annual plan for the major wellness programs and activities is a useful management tool. This is an excellent wellness committee task. Often an activity and wellness theme per month is offered to employees.

Some organizations choose to follow a National Health Observances calendar which offers advantages. The materials developed by these various national health organizations are very credible. The materials are usually high quality and available free or at a nominal cost.

The company benefits from additional publicity that occurs in various media throughout the community related to the national observance. For planning suggestions you may want to utilize the HOPE Publications Wellness Resource Planning Guide available for free at this Web site.