Membership

Corporate Memberships

ACAC Fitness & Wellness invites you to experience our exceptional facilities and engaging wellness programs designed to improve the health of your employees.

In a recent American Management Association national study, 71% of executives responded that corporations have a responsibility to promote wellness among employees. More than half (52%) of the companies surveyed offer discounts or corporate memberships to health clubs for their employees.*

"Our belief and philosophy is that a healthy body contributes substantially to a productive employee. We allow our staff to extend their lunch hour in order to exercise. Employees who exercise in the middle of the day return refreshed and ready for a very productive afternoon.

We also believe that promoting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce claims under our health insurance policy and contributes to keeping premium increases to a minimum. Staff members who exercise regularly have fewer absences due to illness.

Our investment in our ACAC corporate membership provides positive returns for both our company and our employees."

Jim Hall, CEO - WorldStrides & ACAC Corporate Wellness Partner

* AMA Survey on Health & Wellness Programs, 2003

Employee Benefits:

• Reduced stress
• Weight loss
• Increased energy
• Improved psychological well-being
• Reduced risk of injury and disease

Employer Benefits:

• Lower insurance costs
• Fewer workman's compensation claims
• Fewer sick days
• Lower employee turnover
• More productive employees
• Higher employee morale
• Improved recruitment and retention

When asked what they most wanted added to their benefit package, the number one employee request was: fitness club membership.

Rewards with ACAC

Corporate perks as part of your partnership

Savings

• Preferred corporate rates
• Reduced enrollment fees

Community Recognition

• Listing in our quarterly newsletters distributed to over 10,000 households
• Corporate appreciation months

Host Events

• Enjoy use of ACAC conference & event space at reduced rates
• Company picnics
• Off-site leadership meetings
• Holiday parties

Leadership Development and Team Building Workshops

• Ropes courses
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
• Corporate Fitness Challenges

FitPass introduction to the club
We welcome all new members to the club with the following services

• Orientation
• Nutrition consultation
• Goal setting assessment and two personal training sessions
• Spa discounts
• Program discounts
• Community Partners discounts

Return on Investment

Reduced Time Off
Steelcase has tracked its employees since 1985 as part of a comprehensive wellness program. The major conclusions are that medical costs and absenteeism increase as health risks increase and that a positive change in risk behavior results in decreased costs and time away from work.
      Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, December 2002

DuPont found that each dollar invested in workplace health yielded $1.42 over two years in lower absenteeism.
      American Journal of Public Health, September 1990

Improved Mood
Participants who regularly exercised showed improved mood states following their group exercise class. The results indicated that anger, confusion, fatigue, and tension reduced significantly.
      Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, December 2001

Mature adults were found to experience improved mood associated with exercise.
      Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, October 2000

All exercise participants in a resistance exercise program experienced an increased sense of revitalization.
      Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2001

Medical Cost Containment
Employees who participated in its health & wellness program from 1995-1999 saved Johnson & Johnson $225 each annually from reductions in hospital admissions, mental health and outpatient visits. Savings averaged $8.5 million annually for the nine years studied.
      Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, January 2002

Medical costs for participants in Progressive Insurance's comprehensive fitness and wellness program decreased on average by $993 per year while costs increased by an average of $2,300 per employee in the limited program without a fitness component.
      Health Promotion International, March 2000

Improved Health
General Motors implemented a health risk reduction program in 1996 and found the number of employees at risk for high blood pressure, low physical activity, and high cholesterol were reduced significantly over the five-year program.
      Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, April 2003

Getting Started with a Corporate Partnership

ACAC welcomes you to speak with our Corporate Membership Director about your customized wellness program.

• Your company is eligible if you have a minimum 10 employee participants to enroll. Savings are based on company participation.
• Payroll deduction provides additional savings.
• A corporate subsidy is encouraged to promote enrollment among your employees.

Please call 434-978-3800 and ask to speak with the membership director for more information.

Corporate Partners

Albemarle County Bodo's Bagels Cavalier Produce CFA Institute Chandler Law Group Charlottesville City Schools Charlottesville Newsplex Church Hill Homes Church of the Incarnation City of Charlottesville Crutchfield Cville Weekly Design Electric Dominion Digital Eagle Corporation Elder Research Fashion Square Mall Faulconer Construction GE Fanuc Gleason Building GreenBlue Greene County Schools Health Services Foundation Hospice of the Piedmont Inova Solutions Integral Yoga Klockner-Pentaplast

LexisNexis Management Services Corporation Martha Jefferson Hospital McKee Carson Medical Automation Systems Monticello-Thomas Jefferson Foundation NGIC Oak Hill Fund Pepsi Cola Perrin Quarles Association Piedmont Housing Alliance Price Automotive ProLink Red Light Management Region Ten Scarpa Scitent Silverchair SNL Financial Sperry-Northrop Grumman Virginia National Bank VMDO Architects Whisper Ridge WorldStrides