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PORTLAND, OREGON (January 2008) - With Americans accruing and utilizing significantly fewer vacation days than their peers across the world 1, commuting, on average, 46 minutes per day 2 and battling a 64.9% adult obesity/overweight rate 3, it comes as no surprise that a new national poll indicates that 90% of adults are looking for a work life balance in 2008 4. 

For many, this ideal will turn into yet another forgotten New Year’s resolution. However, for 350,000 Alaska, Oregon and Washington residents the tools needed to balance work and the many other facets of life are available through an employer sponsored active wellness program; The LifeBalance Program.  Through this program, employers commit to providing their employees with the resources necessary to actually experience a healthy work life balance.

“The LifeBalance Program is special because it allows employers to offer each individual employee a personalized benefit.  The program consists of over 70 different recreational, cultural and wellness related categories, ranging from nutrition to scuba diving to travel and tourism to yoga and from guided fishing to computer classes.  The options are endless!  Each category offers discounts, events and online resources.  This structure allows each employee to determine what elements of the program best suite their needs and utilize those elements to learn, save money and eliminate stress,” said Dave Miller, LifeBalance Program Director.

For Women’s Healthcare Associates, The LifeBalance Program has “been a very popular benefit for employees,” said Anita Jackson, Human Resources and Communications Director.  Over the four years her employees have been using the program Jackson maintains that the LifeBalance Ticket Window is a favorite among her employees.  Utilizing this tool, LifeBalance members have access to discounted ski lift, movie, performing arts, sporting event and airline tickets.  Women’s Healthcare Associates takes the benefits of the program one step further and provides LifeBalance movie tickets to all employees for Employee Appreciation Days.

The LifeBalance Program, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, has been helping clients and members achieve an active, healthy and balanced life through recreational, cultural and wellness activities, events and resources since 1996. The LifeBalance Program is sold to businesses as an employer sponsored employee benefit or bundled into health/association plan offerings as a value added wellness component and healthy lifestyle promotion. The LifeBalance Program currently supports over 1,500 clients and 400,000 LifeBalance Program members in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Existing strategic relationships include Providence Health Plan, Associated General Contractors, CHP, Pacific Health Trust, Providence Health & Services, Municipality of Anchorage, PeaceHealth, West Coast Bank and Xenium. Visit www.LifeBalanceProgram.com for more information.

1 Expedia.com Vacation Study, 2007
2 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
3  Dr. Jennifer Zebrack, Medical College of Wisconsin
4 ConAgra Foods Commissioned National Survey, 2008

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