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Workplace wellness
Program design for teams of 15 to 500: annual calendars, incentive structures, communication kits and participation tracking that survives a busy season.
Established 2016 · Magnolia, North Carolina
Wellness programs that actually fit the people they are built for.
We design, deliver and evaluate non-clinical health education for employers, schools, faith communities and nonprofits across Duplin County and eastern North Carolina — in plain language, on a realistic budget, with attendance and outcome reporting you can hand to a board.
Speak with Johnson Mateke directly · (317) 223-9487
10 years
of community and workplace program work in rural North Carolina.
What we do
Four practices, one plain-spoken approach
Every engagement starts with listening — to staff, to volunteers, to the people who actually show up. Then we build something small enough to sustain and specific enough to measure.
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Community health education
Workshop series for churches, community centers and county partners on nutrition basics, movement, sleep, stress and navigating appointments.
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Program strategy & evaluation
Needs assessments, logic models, survey instruments and reporting packets written for funders, boards and grant renewals.
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Training & facilitation
Half-day and full-day sessions for supervisors, HR teams, volunteers and lay health leaders who carry the program after we leave.
Why organizations call us
Most wellness plans fail for boring, fixable reasons
They are written for the wrong shift. They assume a gym nobody can reach. They ask people to log into a portal they never open. After a decade of running programs in small towns, plants, clinics and church halls, we build around the constraints first.
- Schedule reality. Sessions designed for second shift, harvest season and volunteer fatigue.
- Plain language. Materials written at a 6th–8th grade reading level, in English and Spanish on request.
- Local delivery. On-site in your break room, fellowship hall or training space — no travel required from participants.
- Documentation. Sign-in logs, pre/post surveys and a written summary after every engagement.
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Figures reflect our internal sign-in and evaluation records through June 2026 and are available in detail on request.
Signature programs
Ready-to-run series, adapted to your setting
Each program is modular. Take the full series or a single session — the facilitator guide, handouts and evaluation form come with it either way.
6 sessions
Everyday Plate
Practical food education built around what is actually sold at the local grocery: budget swaps, sodium, portion cues, label reading and cooking for one or two.
4 sessions
Shift-Ready
A break-room series for shift workers: sleep debt, hydration, back-care habits, stress signals and how to use the benefits you already pay for.
5 sessions
Caring & Coping
Support education for family caregivers: appointment preparation, medication organization, respite planning and protecting the caregiver’s own health.
How an engagement runs
Five steps, no mystery
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation, free of charge. What is prompting this, who is affected, what has already been tried, and what would make the next twelve months feel like a success.
Listening & assessment
Short surveys, a walk-through of your space and interviews with 5–10 people across roles. We look at scheduling, physical environment, communication channels and existing benefits.
Written plan
You receive a plain-language program plan: objectives, session calendar, materials list, staffing, budget and the exact measures we will report against.
Delivery
We facilitate on site, or we train your internal leads to run it. Every session includes handouts, a sign-in sheet and a two-minute evaluation.
Report & handoff
A closing report with participation, feedback themes and recommendations — formatted so it can go straight into a board packet or grant renewal.
In their words
Feedback from partners
“We had a wellness binder nobody opened. Johnson spent two days on our floor before proposing anything, and the plan he wrote finally matched how our crews actually work.”
“Our members trusted him quickly. He explained things without talking down to anyone, and the handouts were something people took home and used.”
“The end-of-program report went into our grant renewal almost untouched. That alone saved our small staff a week of work.”
Client names are withheld by agreement. References can be provided during a proposal conversation.
Where we work
Rooted in Duplin County
Our office sits on North Pope Street in Magnolia. Most of our work happens within about ninety minutes of it — Wallace, Warsaw, Kenansville, Rose Hill, Clinton, Burgaw, Goldsboro, Jacksonville and Wilmington. We also support remote planning and virtual facilitation for organizations elsewhere in North Carolina.
Being local matters more than it sounds. We know which pharmacies stay open late, which employers run rotating shifts, and which community rooms are free on a Tuesday evening. That knowledge is half of a program that people actually attend.
- On-site delivery across Duplin, Sampson, Pender, Wayne, Onslow and New Hanover counties
- Virtual planning and facilitation statewide
- Evening and weekend sessions available by arrangement
From the resource library
Practical reading before you commit to anything
Building a wellness calendar that survives Q4
Why most annual plans collapse in the fourth quarter, and a twelve-month structure that assumes interruptions instead of pretending they will not happen.
Eleven questions before you buy a wellness platform
Software is rarely the missing piece. Ask these questions first so you do not pay per employee for a login nobody uses.
What rural participation really looks like
Attendance benchmarks from small-town programs, and why a 22% turnout can be a genuine success depending on how you counted.
Let’s talk about what your people actually need
The first call is thirty minutes, free, and comes with no proposal attached unless you ask for one. Bring your questions — we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.