10 Issue 12 Leading the pack Deputy Director William Overton, center at left, leads Central Office walkers in the kick off of the Six Weeks to Wellness campaign which starts Monday, June 14, and runs through July 25. Participants earn points for healthy behavior including exercise, eating fruits and vegetables, drinking 32 to 64 ounces of water daily, not smoking, flossing teeth, managing stress and wearing seat belts.
Participants can win rewards.
Activities can include special luncheons, health fairs, guest speakers and athletic activities. Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus and Jack Kemp, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development, will visit three habitat houses under construction whose walls were built by prisoners. The Work Fit Injury Care Program for MDOC employees at Jackson area prisons has been selected for a gold award by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. The Thumb Correctional Facility will honor the memory of an employee killed in 1998 by a prisoner. Shorts Shorts Acting warden named at Brooks Mary Berghuis has been named acting warden of the Brooks Correctional Facility and Muskegon Temporary Facility .