OPELOUSAS, LA (January 2, 2025) – St. Landry Bank and Trust Company has been designated a Level 2 WellSpot by the Louisiana Department of Health. WellSpots are spaces and places in Louisiana that voluntarily implement healthy changes in their environment to help their employees and community live well.
LDH designates organizations as WellSpots after they voluntarily meet wellness benchmarks that correspond to their organization type: worksite; child care center; school; college or university; restaurant; faith-based organization; healthcare facility; or hospital. These changes could be going tobacco-free, making it easy for women to breastfeed, offering healthy vending machine options or beginning a worksite wellness program. By taking these steps, WellSpots are improving the health of their employees and the students, patients, patrons and members they serve.
St. Landry Bank and Trust Company chose to adopt a tobacco-free policy to become a tobacco-free worksite, a healthy meeting policy that makes healthy food options more accessible to employees, an employee breastfeeding friendly policy that provides lactation accommodations in the workplace, and self-assessment tools for heart health and prediabetes, which help employees better understand their health and reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease. As a result, employees will miss less work due to illness or hospitalization and have lower healthcare costs.
“We care deeply about our employee’s health and well-being. Our staff spends a good portion of their time at work lending us their talent and experience, so we are happy to provide our employees with a healthy work environment! We also know that healthy employees lead to happy employees, which means they will continue to deliver the high-quality service that our customers are counting on.” – Robbie Tomlinson, CEO
St. Landry Bank and Trust Company joins more than 3,000 other WellSpots throughout the state, who together are helping to combat the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use and other chronic diseases, giving all Louisiana residents the chance to feel better and enjoy life longer.
Becoming a WellSpot is a simple five-step process, and Well-Ahead provides support and technical assistance throughout. To learn more about Well-Ahead Louisiana, visit www.wellaheadla.com.
About St. Landry Bank and Trust Company:
St. Landry Bank and Trust Company is a full-service community bank with roots dating back to the 1890s. With three locations in Lafayette Parish and four locations in St. Landry Parish, we are engaged and invested in the local communities we serve.
About Well-Ahead Louisiana:
Well-Ahead Louisiana is the chronic disease prevention and healthcare access arm of the Louisiana Department of Health. Well-Ahead drives collaboration throughout the state and connects communities to tools and resources that can improve the health of our residents where they live, work, learn, play and pray. To learn more, visit www.wellaheadla.com or follow us on Facebook @WellAheadLA, LinkedIn @Well-Ahead Louisiana, Twitter @WellAheadLA, and Instagram @WellAheadLouisiana.
