The City of Milledgeville was awarded a 2025 Health Wellness Grant by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). The grant supports the Wellness Committee’s commitment to helping create positive changes in the workplace culture and going the extra mile for employees’ health wellness.
Awards are made statewide to participating employers enrolled in one or more medical plans through the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit Services Life and Health Insurance Fund.
The Health Wellness Program at GMA helps members embrace a variety of skills, mindsets, and cultures to encourage utmost wellbeing through workplace health wellness initiatives. These initiatives have a demonstrated track record of improving employee wellbeing and quality of life, while enhancing workplace morale, reducing medical claims, and maximizing cost impact.
The City of Milledgeville has designated Health Wellness Champions to coordinate/ oversee the program and work in partnership with GMA to facilitate the planning of targeted activities. Sandra Witherspoon and Stacy Bath have expounded on ways the employees of the City of Milledgeville would benefit from implementing workplace health and wellness initiatives and have said.
“This grant has allowed us to invest in the wellbeing of the people who keep our city running.
Every employee benefits when we prioritize health.”
The City of Milledgeville looks forward to continuing its wellness journey with new initiatives planned for the coming months.
This grant not only strengthens our internal culture, it reflects GMA’s broader mission to serve City of Milledgeville employees with care, compassion, and excellence.