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JWI Health and Wellness Event

5/20/17

On Saturday May 20, 2017 JWI

hosted its, Health and Wellness

Event located at River Oaks. It was

an awesome turn out of over 330

employees and their family

members. Many other employees

rallied together and volunteered

their time to help make this event a

success. Everyone had a great time

and lots of fun with activities such as

the roller skating rink, kid’s bouncy

house, face painting, massages and

lots of good food and exercise.

Healthy eating was one of the main

focuses of the event. There was lots

of food with Inez Evans cooking

cauliflower pizza for all. Though

skeptical at first everyone was

pleasantly surprised how really good

it was. We also had barbequed

chicken, chili beans and salad that

was prepared, cooked and served by

Mike Demar, his wife Lisa and son

Cory, Daniel Marquez, along with

retiree Joanne Morisolli.

In the spirit of JWI always

encouraging an active life style, we

had several exercise stations set up.

There

were three buses that had stretch

exercises in them being shown by

mentors Jasbir Bains, Jake Alino (and

his son), Ron Langston, Hossein

Ramirez, Harpreet Singh, and

Alberto Candelaria. Taking care of

the hula hoop station was Felicia

Turner.

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The walk station was Julia Panescu,

Rosemary Noble, Caroline Sikes.

Breathing techniques were

demonstrated by Daniel Johnson of

Balance Point. Free massages were

given by Lisa Guzman and also by

Pro Fitness who also provided yoga

instruction.

Brenden Hayes put on a very heart

rate boosting Boot Camp, which

really got everyone moving and

jumping.

The roller rink being run by David

Allen and Aloha Roller Rink was a

big hit for all that participated. Some

really looked like pro’s, some for the

first time and some that hadn’t been

on skates for 30 years.

Once people completed 3 of the

stations they received a raffle ticket

and if they did 6 stations they

received an extra opportunity to win

cool prizes like Fit bits, bikes and

even a 24 hour gym membership.

The event had special activities for

the kids and the kids at heart like

face painting and a Jump house.

The kids face painting was done by

Nancy Plew and Patricia Murray.

There were many kids as well as

adults getting some wonderful face

painting art from Nancy and

Patricia. The bounce house as well as

cotton candy and snow cones were

brought in by Cabrina Romero. Since

it was a beautiful sunny day the

snow cones were a big hit.

To challenge the creative and

resourceful side of employees there

was a Vertical Garden Challenge

with Inez Evans as the Judge. She

supplied the winning prize (a

beautiful cedar wood vertical garden

for all to use at the Chaboya garden).

We had four entries, one from each

of these VTA locations: Chaboya,

Gaudalupe, North and River Oaks.

Participants had to build their

gardens based on cost, size (2x2x4),

must be home made, hold at least 10

plants and bonus points for using

recycled materials.

There were some great designs with

Chaboya taking top honors and

some other yards looking to submit

formal protest of the results.

There were many vendors that

contributed to the success of the

event such as Silicon Valley Bike

Coalition, Meal Prep by Angela

Rivera of North Yard, Silicon Valley

Bike Coalition, Kaiser, United Health

care, Massage & Reflexology by Lisa

Guzman, Stroke Awareness, Santa

Clara County Federal Credit Union,

Technology Federal Credit Union,

Fitness Evolution, Red Ladies Dance

Group, Pro Fitness.

The perfect way to end the event was

with Glorietta from Light Rail

hosting a dance off for everyone to

join in.

We would like to give a Big THANK

YOU to all those that helped make

this event happen.

We had Cassandra Leventon and

Shannon Arms at the check in table

and handling the raffle tickets,

Cassandra also brought her daughter

Svea to help out. Rhonda Knox and

Shirley Rayford took care of the JWI

table and handed out give aways to

all employee’s that attended.

Carmelo Gallo was

the Event MC. He did a GREAT job

with the mic to keep everyone in

tune to the event happenings, he also

brought his daughter, Cassie, as a

volunteer. On pictures we had

Sarabdip Daula. Casey Peek from

Balance Point/Peek Media did the

video. Special thanks to all the

mentors and volunteers. Due to all

our collective efforts we had a Great

Event.

Also a special Thank You to all the

facilities workers that had prepared

the area for the event throughout the

week and on the day of the event.

We could not have made it without

you.

Voulunteers :Caroline Sikes, Gail

Gauvin, Patricia Murray, Nancy

Plew, Joanne Morisoli, Daniel

Marquez, Gabriel Padilla, Cassandra

Leventon, Svea Leventon, Mike

Demar, Lisa Demar, Cory Demar,

Della Baker, Angela Rivera, Shannon

Arms, Justin Alino, Domonique

Duboe, Rosemary Noble, Judith

Heatean, Sukhraj Singh, Glorietta

McKinnis, Cassie Gallo, Julia

Panescu, Victor Barron

Mentors: Carmelo Gallo, Jamaine

Gibson, Rhonda Knox, Ross Enright,

Robert Hannibal, David Allen, Steve

Hawkins, Shirley Rayford, Ron

Langston, Felicia Turner, Harpreet

singh, Sarabdip Daula, Tireth Johal,

Alberto Candelaria, Jake Alino, Eric

King, Steven Baker, Hossein

Ramirez, Jose Salas, Villi Eseroma,

Jasbir Bains, Winston Jackson, Sheila

Nagore, Sally Ng, Vanessa Stasi,

Shona O’Neill, Diane Hermone

Our Raffle Prize Winners:

Camping Package: Carolyn

Ferguseon

24 hour membership: Jillian

Ferguson

Bike: Brendon Hayes

Bike: Patricia Murray

Fitbit: Jill Haeberle

Bowling Gift Certificate: Sukhraj

Singh

Golfland: Dan Lundquist

Chilli’s gift card: Patricia Murray

UHC gift pack: Maria Soto

Foam Roller/Foot Rub: Nancy Plew

To see a video of our event go

to:

https://vimeo.com/219961900/

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Vertical Garden Division Challenge By Sally Ng This year during the JWI Wellness Event on May 20, 2017, the Joint Workforce Investment (JWI) Committee invited us to a division (yard) competition. The challenge was to have each division create a sustainable garden that can be grown in your balcony or patio. Vertical gardens are an alternative for gardeners who don't have a lot of horizontal space, want to cover an unattractive wall, or just want something different. There are many different varieties of vertical gardens to choose from. One easy option is a container-style garden, which means potted plants are attached to a wall or displayed in rows, or planters are stacked. Another is a “pocket” garden, featuring plants tucked into pockets made from felt or canvas. Vertical gardens can also be grown in a large plastic or wooden wall planter with slots or panels, or in recycled wooden shipping pallets—for these systems, the soil is less contained, so wire mesh is occasionally used to prevent the contents from spilling. The division/ team winner won a vertical garden for their worksite to share with their co-workers.

The winners to the Vertical Garden Challenge are : 1st place -Chaboya, 2nd place - Guadalupe, 3rd place- North Yard and 4th place - River Oaks (Diversity and Inclusion Dept.). The 1st place Vertical Garden Division Challenge winners were Chaboya team. The Chaboya division team named their vertical garden,

“CHOPS IS TOPS”. The Chaboya Division team includes transportation, maintenance, technical training, dispatchers and facilities employees. The Chaboya team collected old uniforms from maintenance and operations. A painter’s jumpsuit overall and an operator’s shirt was used. The project was unique using a ¾” pvc pipe to build a frame. The overall jumpsuit and shirt were slide and sew into the frame. The pockets were filled with dirt, plant and decorative moss. The finished product was decorated with custom labels and other VTA - themed items. This was an awesome project. The most important part of the Vertical Garden Challenge was working together as a team to accomplish a task. This is what Joint Workforce Investment (JWI) symbolizes, Union and VTA working together hand in hand to be successful together, united as one! Thank you for all your efforts in taking on this challenge. The rules to the Vertical Garden Division Challenge are: 1. Each team member must be from the same division. 2. Size limit is 2’ x 2’ and not taller than 4’. 3. Must to homemade. 4. Must be able to hold a minimum of 10 plants. 5. Maximum cost is $30 for materials to build the garden, excluding the cost of the plants (bonus points for recycled materials). Include plans and instructions on how to build it. 6. Include a list of where all the material came from. 7. Bring a picture, a video or the vertical garden to the event on May 20, 2017 at the JWI Health and Wellness Event located at River Oaks.

2nd Place

3rd Place

4th Place