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Employee Events

Live Well Leon hosts a variety of regular events throughout the year. See below for this month's selection. 

Upcoming Events

Explore upcoming Live Well Leon activities to help you stay active and engaged!

  • Pilates
    Description:
    Steal an hour just for you among all the craziness of the holidays and join us for the last Pilates class of the year! You get one more chance to work that core before taking in extra holiday calories! :)
  • Circuit Training
    Description:
    Want a good overall workout that includes cardio, muscular strength and endurance and mobility? Want your calorie burn to continue for 24 hours following the class? Then this oone is for you! No need to feel intimidated to try it. The instructor gives modifications for all levels of fitness and if you are just starting or working around an injury, you just go at your own pace. This class is held at Sweat Therapy right in the heart of mid-town, so it is pretty easy to access. And the BOCC has a wellness policy that says we get an hour a month of Admin leave to attend a County-sponsored well-being activity. So, you have plenty of travel time under that, and lunch-time is your time. :) Try it! Bet you will return!
  • Stronger Every Year: Techniques to Improve your Healthspan LnL
    Description:
    Lifespan is the total number of years you live, while healthspan is the portion of those years you live in good health, free from chronic disease and disability. The focus is on quality of life over mere quantity of years. The goal for modern longevity is to extend healthspan to align with lifespan, reducing the "sick span" (years with illness). by adopting healthy habits like good nutrition, exercise, social connection, and preventive care, to combat major chronic illnesses. In this LnL, Dr. Ormsbee will explain why your muscle mass is the key to a healthy life (healthspan) and how to implement small nutrition and exercise changes that add up to big gains in health and fitness. We are lucky that Dr. Michael Ormsbee, found time to come do this LnL for us! He is the the Margaret A. Sitton Endowed Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine at Florida State University, where he studies how exercise and nutrition impact body composition, performance, and health. He is a Fellow of ACSM, ISSN, and the National Academy of Kinesiology, and has been recognized as both Sport Scientist of the Year and Nutrition Researcher of the Year by the NSCA. His work appears in major media outlets, and he is the author of Changing Body Composition Through Diet and Exercise. Follow him @mikeormsbee.
  • HeartMath Meditation Workshop (First day)
    Description:
    HeartMath Meditation is a heart-focused breathing meditation that can help you quickly change from feeling stressed to feeling calm. Science-based and used worldwide, HeartMath meditation uses breathing techniques to bring about coherence—the alignment of your physical, mental and emotional systems to work in sync. The major difference between HeartMath and meditation is the state of your heart when practicing. During meditation, there is more of a focus on a state of rest in the body and mind. In HeartMath, there is increased activity in the heart muscle. This class will meet from 12:00-1:00 p.m., six times on the following dates: Jan. 21st and 28th Feb. 11th and 18th March 11th and 18th. It is important that you try to attend each class. Each participant will be given the Heart Math Inner Balance sensor to use for the duration of the classes, which gives you biofeedback to track your progress in real time Mary Barley, the Leon County Health and Well-Being Coordinator, is a certified HeartMath provider. She will teach two 5–6-week HeartMath classes in 2026, with one starting in January and one starting in August. The class size will be limited to 10 participants, so be sure to check the LWL website for the final dates and register early.
  • Yoga
    Description:
    Flexibility, Mobility, and Balance are key components to physical well-being. This Yoga class is more of a gentle stretching class and will improve all those areas. The instructor offers lots of modifications if you are just starting, so no reason to be afraid to try it. It is a great way to teach your mind and body to connect better and to relax and destress. We hope you will join us for some classes this year!
  • Annual Souper Bowl
    Description:
    The annual Super Bowl is Sunday, February 8th and our LWL annual Souper Bowl will be held on Wednesday, February 4th, from 11:30-1:00 on the back porch of the Courthouse. Everyone is invited to taste all the soup and snack entries and vote on your top five soups and your #1 snack! Then our esteemed judges will pick the top three soup winners. ONLY THE PEOPLE BRINGING A SOUP OR SNACK needs to register. Those just attending and tasting do not need to register. Once you register, please email Mary Barley at barleym@leoncountyfl.gov and tell her what you are bringing. Soup only providers will get a $20 gift card from Publix to help with expenses. If you are bringing a soup and a snack, you will get a $30 gift card. Click here for all the details of the event: https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/Portals/0/DeptFiles/HR/2026%20Souper%20Bowl%20Information%20Flyer.pdf
  • Colon Cancer Screening: Get the Protection You Need LnL
    Description:
    Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman lost their battles with colon cancer in recent years. Their deaths serve as a stark reminder that colon cancer does not discriminate by age and affects people of all backgrounds. Despite being one of the most preventable cancers through early screening, colon cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and worldwide. March is National Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month. Tara Loucks, an APRN-C, with CHP, will present this LnL on the benefits of colon cancer screening and the different testing options available. Tara is a nurse practitioner and nurse endoscopist, who has done thousands of colon exams during her 31 years in the GI field. She has devoted her entire careen to colon cancer prevention and improving the health of our community! You won't want to skip this one! It could save your life!
  • Epilepsy and Seizure First Aid: What Everyone Should Know LnL
    Description:
    Would you know what to do if someone around you suddenly had a seizure? And what to expect afterwards? In this session, participants will learn practical, easy-to-follow steps for seizure first-aid so they can respond safely and confidently when a seizure occurs. The presentation equips attendees with the knowledge needed to recognize seizures, take appropriate action, and help create a more informed and supportive community for those living with epilepsy. Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, affecting 1 in 26 people, yet it remains widely misunderstood and burdened by stigma. This session provides a clear introduction to what epilepsy is, how it presents, and the most common types of seizures. Presented by: Gabriela Pineda, MPH, Health Educator and Outreach Manager, Epilepsy Agency of the Big Bend Bette Iacino, Executive Director, Epilepsy Agency of the Big Bend
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For more events, visit the Live Well Leon Bookwhen Calendar.

Annual Events

Live Well Leon offers an annual Walking Challenge that also includes additional challenges within the Challenge to improve various areas of well-being, such as eating more fruits and veggies, getting more sleep, drinking more water, etc. Live Well Leon provides fitness watches to anyone that doesn’t have a fitness tracker to monitor their steps. Prizes are awarded by drawing the names of teams who have completed the Challenge, as well as those who started the Challenge but couldn’t finish it. (Life does get in the way of our intentions sometimes but making an effort counts!) 

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Each fall, the non-profit, Working Well, whose mission is to help improve the well-being of our community’s workforce, hosts their annual Corporate Cup Challenge. This Challenge encourages teams from local business and government organizations to get outside, do some team building and have fun! Teams of four compete, with one team member biking, one running, one paddling and one doing strength and endurance exercises. Only one team can take the coveted Corporate Cup back to their office for the year, but plaques are also awarded for the All Male, All Female and Co-Ed teams and the best individual efforts in each leg. Plus, there is a Spirit Trophy given to the organization that brings the most co-workers, family and friends to cheer their teams on. Live Well Leon is always looking for teams to participate in this fun event!

Each November, Leon County holds its Annual Awards Breakfast. Live Well Leon created the Well-Being Awards to honor the Leon County employee who has made the most improvement in each of the four areas of well-being our program focuses on. Employees can apply themselves or be nominated. The winners include:

  • The Lego Award for Community Well-Being
  • The Ladder Award for Career Well-Being
  • The Champion Award for Physical Well-Being
  • The Butterfly Award for Social Well-Being

The annual Live Well Leon Souper Bowl Cookoff started in 2013. The week before the annual Sunday Super Bowl, employees sign up to bring either a soup, stew, bisque or chili for the Cookoff. The employees rank all entrees and then a panel of three “celebrity” judges, decide which of the top five ranks 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! The judging was so archaic to begin with, that in year five, Mark Early, the Supervisor of Elections, who was a judge, offered for his office to create a special ballot just for the judging and even had a couple of his employees bring an official voting machine the day of the event for us to enter our ballots. The top three winners get a $75/$50/$25 gift card. 

2026 Souper Bowl Information Flyer

 

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