Healthtop Wellbeing Program

We meet people where they are and create opportunities for connection, discovery, and growth.
Try A New Exercise.
Do A Random Act of Kindness.
Reflect And Give Gratitude.
Make A Heart Healthy Meal.
Take Hilltop’s “Pulse” Survey.

Survey will be available:
2/9 – 2/22.
Visit the “Humans of Hilltop” page on Viva Engage.

Complete the Heart Healthy BINGO card and earn 5 points! 

Click here or anywhere on the bingo image to access and print your Heart Healthy BINGO card!

Get Bingo by completing 5 activities in a row – horizontally, vertically, or diagonal. When your card is complete, take a photo or scan your BINGO card and email it to alyseb@htop.org.

Hilltop values your wellbeing and wants to help you discover what wellbeing means to you. The Hilltop Wellbeing Program is here to provide you with fun activities, engaging challenges, and valuable tools and resources to enhance your wellbeing. Explore this page for everything wellbeing-related, meet your Wellness Champions, and stay up to date with the latest and greatest offerings from our Wellbeing Program!
Meet the Wellbeing Champions
Recipes
Wellness Insurance Discount
Explore Available Resources
Wellbeing Spotlight
Have a Suggestion?

Monthly Happenings

Enhance your wellbeing this month! Check out the various wellness challenges and activities for you to participate in.

Hilltop Happenings

Explore the new Hilltop Happenings Calendar! This calendar brings together all Hilltop activities in one convenient place, giving you a complete view of everything happening across our organization.
Hilltop Happenings Calendar

Wellbeing Workshops

Unlock your potential with our engaging workshops! Dive into a variety of topics designed to boost your health and happiness. Explore our upcoming workshops below and sign up today!
Workplace Fatigue Lunch & Learn
1:1 Financial Advising Session

Wellbeing Resources

The Hilltop Wellbeing Program focuses on some of the different dimensions of wellbeing; physical, social, mental, spiritual, and financial. Whether you’re looking to improve your fitness, build meaningful connections, enhance your mental clarity, deepen your spiritual practices, or achieve financial stability, we have the tools and support you need. Explore our resources today and take a holistic approach to your well-being.

Social Wellbeing

Viva Engage is a great way to stay connected to your fellow Hilltoppers. Check out the different wellbeing communities that are on Viva Engage to stay up to date, post, comment, and share away!
Health Top Page
Share a Meal, Recipe, or Snack
Hilltop Workout Community

Financial Wellbeing

Smart Dollar Signup
SmartDollar is a comprehensive platform that empowers individuals to take control of their money and build a secure financial future. Hilltoppers get a FREE SmartDollar acount, sign up today with the code: hhs8819.

Physical Wellbeing

As a Hilltop employee you can get a discount on your membership when you join one of the gyms listed below!

  • Crossroads Fitness (Grand Junction) has an inventive based discount. If you sign up for a membership and frequent the gym 8 or more times, you get $10 off your monthly fee, and $5 off if you go 4 times.
  • Hotworx (Grand Junction and Montrose) offers a $1 enrollment fee, $44/monthly membership and 15% of all retail items.
  • Revolution Cycle (Grand Junction)  offers 10% off monthly rates or class packs.
Crossroads Fitness + Hilltop
Hotworx GJ
Hotworx Montrose
Revolution Cycle

Environmental Wellbeing

We’re excited to collaborate with the City of Grand Junction for a 6-month Lunch & Learn Sustainability Series! Each month, we explore a different sustainability initiative that the city is championing. Curious about the city’s efforts to foster a more sustainable future? Visit their website and explore local resources to discover how you can adopt eco-friendly practices in your daily life.
City of GJ - Sustainability
New Way Refillery
Water Conservation Efforts
Mesa County GVT Bus Routes
Recycling Drop-Off Information
Weatherization Assistance Program
IRA Taxpayer Rebates

Mental Wellbeing

At Hilltop, your mental wellbeing is a priority, and we’re dedicated to providing the support and resources you need. Starting this September, the Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Committee is launching a year-long campaign to break the stigma surrounding mental health and offer you tools, resources, training, and education to enhance your mental wellbeing.
Mental Health Matters

Spiritual Wellbeing

Jef Ray, Hilltop’s Chaplain, is here to support you as a Hilltopper by offering a nonjudgmental space to talk through personal or professional challenges. Whether you need advice, a listening ear, or just someone to vent to, Jef is here for you. To schedule a time to talk, email jefr@htop.org.

Recipes

Discover recipes featured in Wellbeing Wednesday emails, including favorites shared by your fellow Hilltoppers! If you have a recipe you love or recently enjoyed, we’d love for you to share it with us!
Click Here to Share a Recipe!
Healthy Peach Frozen Yogurt

Healthy Peach Frozen Yogurt

Ingredients ▢1 (16-oz.) bag frozen peaches or 4 cups fresh peaches, frozen solid ▢3 Tablespoons agave nectar or honey ▢1/2 cup plain yogurt (non-fat or whole) ▢1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice Instructions Add the frozen peaches, agave nectar (or honey), yogurt and...

Palisade Peach and Grilled Pineapple Salsa

Palisade Peach and Grilled Pineapple Salsa

2-3 (about 1 cup chopped) Palisade Peaches (you can use any fresh peach if you can’t find Palisade) ½ small red onion finely diced ¾ Cup fresh grilled pineapple finely diced (To grill the pineapple place planks on a hot grill until grill marks appear and the pineapple...

Healthy Coleslaw

Healthy Coleslaw

Ingredients For the slaw: 1/2 medium head of purple cabbage, shredded (about 3 cups shredded cabbage) 1/2 medium head of green cabbage, shredded (about 3 cups shredded cabbage) 2 heaping cups shredded carrots 1 cup finely chopped cilantro 1 jalapeño, seeded and finely...

Hilltop’s Medical Plan Discount

Depending on your Hilltop insurance plan, you can earn a discount that is applied to each paycheck. Check out the information below, and fill out the short questionanaire to save some money!

Discounts By Insurance Plan

  • Employee Only Plan: $17.50 per paycheck
    ($35 per month) discount
  • Employee + Spouse, or Employee + Children plan: $22.50 per paycheck ($45 per month) discount
  • Employee + Family plan: $25.oo per paycheck
    ($50 per month) discount

Questionnaire Details

  • This should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
  • Questions will cover basic contact information, what plan you have selected, and a couple questions about what is included in your medical insurance (answers can be found in the benefits guide). If you have additional members on your plan please have the names of their primary care providers ready.
  • This form only needs to be filled out once for the entire year unless you have a qualifying event and need to add members to your plan.
Click Here to Fill out the 24/25 Medical Plan Discount Questionnaire

Meet the Hilltop Wellness Champions

Anna Cubel
Fave summer snack: fruit, roasted corn

Best song to get your energy up: “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves

Fave way to move your body: Dancing, golf, Hiking/Nature walk

Dana Vanderhurst
Fave way to destress: Swimming after work 3-4x a week

Gym or outdoor activity: Depends. Here, in Colorado, I swim at the gym. If I am doing yardwork, it will be outside

Health hack: to fall asleep I only use my phone/device to read a book that I have downloaded and not social media or streaming service

Teresha Taylor
Fave way to move your body: I love exercise platforms that include dance

What has been your favorite Healthop workshop or class: Smarter with Carter and any type of craft workshop

Best song to get your energy up: Anything 80’s alternative like Depeche Mode, OMD, & Oingo Boingo

Abby Leinbach
Fave way to destress: Taking a walk or reading

Gym or outdoor activity: Both! I love walking and hiking, and I love my gym workouts

Best song to get your energy up: Gasolina – Daddy Yankee

Joanna Earich
Fave way to move your body: I love hiking, swimming, yoga, and weight lifting

What has been your favorite Healthop workshop or class: I have enjoyed the Cooking Matter classes and the sustainability workshops

Gym or outdoor activity: I love both but do more outside

Karen Kirkman
Fave way to destress: cook a healthy meal and eat with my family

Fave way to move your body: hula hooping, hiking

Health hack: always push yourslef physically & mentally. Make your own challenges so when life puts you to the test you are ready for it

Leather Bang
Gym or outdoor activity?: Outdoor activity – paddle boarding

Health hack: Blending veggies into sauces or subbing veggie noodles when making pasta. It helps to get the kids and me eating the right stuff.

Favorite Health Top workshop or class?: I’ve been enjoying the sustainability series, I’m very excited to check out the refillery in town.

For questions or concerns contact Alyse Billington, Employee Experience & Wellbeing Coordinator at alyseb@htop.org or call

(970) 244-0430