With a new year just around the corner, here's a chance for businesses to resolve to help their employees be healthy by engaging in what has become the largest community wellness program in the United States.

More than 125,000 people from more than 300 businesses in the Greater Rochester area have already participated in the eight-week "eat well live well" challenge. This award-winning, nationally recognized challenge, designed by Wegmans Food Markets, uses two simple measures to encourage participants to make healthy food choices and increase their physical activity.

Learn how you can get your company engaged in the challenge by attending one of two information sessions for our Spring Challenge. The sessions are set for:

• 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14
• 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13

Both sessions will be held at the Rochester Business Alliance, 150 State St. downtown. Free parking is available in the building lot. Sessions are free, but registration is required.

To register or get more information, contact Colleen DiMartino at (585) 256-4627.

The "eat well live well" challenge is being offered as part of the RBA Health Care Initiative, which is aimed at seeking ways to keep our region's health care costs down while maintaining quality and improving access to medical care. The initiative was recently recognized in BusinessWeek magazine as an excellent and cost-effective community effort toward real health care reform.