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The Great American Smoke Out 2019

By Jay D Flanagan | November 1, 2019

About the Great American Smokeout The American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout® is an annual event that encourages and offers support to smokers to make a plan to quit smoking or to quit smoking on the day of the event – the third Thursday in November each year. By quitting – even for one day […]

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Therapy Dogs for LITS Staff!

By Meaghan Rebecca Lanier O'Riordan | June 3, 2019

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, the LITS Wellness Committee hosted a therapy dog event for LITS staff with a lot of help from Erin Mooney, who runs the therapy dog event for students every December. We decided to host this event because every December, staff ask why there is only one of these events each […]

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Turn 2 Massage Chair Massage Event Recap!

By Meaghan Rebecca Lanier O'Riordan | April 15, 2019

On Friday, April 12, 2019, the LITS Wellness Committee hosted Turn 2 Massage for a chair massage event for staff. We had 80 10-minute time slots available beginning at 1:00 PM with the last appointment at 4:30 PM and four different massage therapists. 58 of the slots ended up being filled and completed, with some […]

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Winter “Meet Me @ the Tunnel” Walking Wrap-Up

By Meaghan Rebecca Lanier O'Riordan | March 1, 2019

Blog post contributed by Jessica Perlove, LITS Wellness Committee member and Privileges and Accounts Specialist for the Woodruff Library. The winter Meet Me @ the Tunnel walks organized by Healthy Emory concluded with great success this past Wednesday! Five people walked over from the Woodruff Library. Walkers got our last Healthy Emory Connect voucher for […]

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LITS Wellness Committee hosts a Stretch Break

By Khadijah Muhammad | January 22, 2019

The LITS Wellness Committee hosted its 2nd stretch break event on January 8th at the North Decatur Building in the High Falls classroom. Designed to increase strength, flexibility, and focus, the 30-minute stretch break session was led by a Blomeyer Health Fitness Center staff member. Some of the stretching exercises included torso twists, hand and […]

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Healthy Emory Connect Information Session TODAY

By Meaghan Rebecca Lanier O'Riordan | December 14, 2018

Blog post contributed by Jessica Perlove, LITS Wellness Committee member and Privileges and Accounts Specialist for the Woodruff Library. Come join the LITS Wellness Committee and Health Emory on Monday, December 17th, from 2:30-4:00 PM to hear more about and get instruction on using our Virgin Pulse app, Healthy Emory Connect! This app will sync […]

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