HEALTH & FITNESS
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Brooke Schembri, director of WellStar Corporate & Community Health
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Mableton company benefits from ‘healthy’ knowledge By Geoff Folsom gfolsom@mdjonline.com
ustin Walker said he is grateful for the corporate fitness program at his company, Inglett & Stubbs LLC. The program, done in conjunction with WellStar Corporate & Community Health, brings experts in to the business on Riverview Road in Mableton, and allows employees to have access to onsite flu vaccination clinics and health screenings.
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Staff/Todd Hull
Marietta Daily Journal/SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013