Wellness Champion
Congratulations Mary Bellamy!

Mary Bellamy, UAF
Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization Coordinator

Mary Bellamy is a fitness inspiration! She is actively engaged in all of the Health in Action programs UAF offers, including Individual Health Planning (IHP) Sessions, WIN-WIN Program and Know Your Numbers. In May 2010, she had an accident in a dance class that required reconstructive knee surgery and follow-up manipulation. She took her physical therapy regimen very seriously and by winter 2011, she was touring India in her bright pink knee brace. By summer 2011, she was back to an active routine of belly-dancing, yoga, hula, Odissi dance, swimming, running the UAF stairs, and biking. In March 2011, Mary started Weight Watchers at UAF and has lost a total of 40 pounds. This summer, svelte & strong, she married her husband Beau in a beautiful dress she made herself. In addition to having a great attitude about fitness and health and providing a living example of how staff can benefit from Health in Action programs, Mary provides daily encouragement and inspiration to a colleague that is on the mend from a similar injury.

~ Mary was nominated by a coworker.

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