Nearly two dozen employees of the Citizens-Union Savings Bank participated in the first event planned by the Bank's newly-formed Employee Wellness Committee by walking three-quarters of a mile from the Bank to Saint Anne's Hospital and back on a rainy May 23rd afternoon. Gathering from the downtown headquarters as well as from several branch offices at 5:30 p.m., employees took off at a brisk pace down South Main Street on one of the City's designated walking routes. "It was a really enjoyable event," commented Fatima Vieira who helped to lead the group. The Wellness Committee plans to make walks a regular part of their wellness program designed to improve employee health on a voluntary basis. The Bank is working with their medical insurance provider, Tufts Health Plan, whose representatives are working with the Wellness Committee and is supplying pedometers and other gifts to help motivate employees to join the group activities. Click here for a link to a two-minute video of the event. For more information, contact Wellness Committee chairperson Barbara Tripp at 508-678-7641 or go to the Southcoast Worksite Health & Wellness Collaborative web page..

(Top row Michelle Rivera points the way to South Main Street to Natalia Lourenco as the group leaves the Bank headquarters on the corner of Bedford and North Main Street. (Middle row) Fatima Vieira leads the group down South Main Street past Saint Anne's Shrine to Saint Anne's Hospital at Middle Street where the group turns around to head back. (Bottom row) Lori Miller and Cathy Krudys lead the group back up South Main Street past the new Justice Center and Government Center to the Bank, a total of a mile and a half walk in less than 30-minutes.