Tacoma Employee Wellness
Growing with Better Health

Go to https://tew.redbrickhealth.com and click on “Forgot my username” and “Forgot my password”.  You will need to enter in the email address that you used to create your account. It could be your personal or work email. It is okay to try both. You should be sent an email with more information within a few minutes. If you do not receive an email, call RedBrick Customer Service at 877-278-5241 and they can help you quickly over the phone.

Nope! There is a mobile website and apps available for both iOS and Androids. To download the app, just go to your app store and search “RedBrick Health” and then enter in “City of Tacoma” as your sponsor.

Google Chrome is the preferred browser. As a bonus, you can save your username and password for easy and quick log in.

Click the arrow next to your name in the upper right corner of the RedBrick site and select “Profile”.

Our wellness program incentive period runs from October 1^st through September 30^th of the next year. All activities must be completed during that one year timeframe. Our program year does NOT run on a calendar year. However, the wellness incentive is a calendar year benefit.

The General Population and Local 26 members earn their incentive by meeting these incentive requirements.

Local 6 employees (Police) earn their incentive by meeting these incentive requirements.

You can check your progress towards the incentive by visiting the Rewards Page. If you have earned the incentive, the entire rewards wheel will be GREEN not BLUE. The text will say EARNED instead of REMAINING.

If you are hired before July 1^st, you will automatically get the incentive for the current year. But, you will be expected to meet the incentive requirements by September 30^th in order to continue the incentive for the next year.

If you are hired on July 1^st or after, you will automatically get the incentive for the current year and the next year. That is because the incentive period ends on September 30^th and the Wellness Committee agreed that it is not a sufficient amount of time to expect you to meet the incentive requirements. With that said, you should still start participating as soon as you are able to log in.

Click on “Start Health Assessment”, which is located in the top left tile on the homepage. You can retake the Compass Health Assessment as many times as you want.

Track is a healthy habits tracker that allows you to track your exercise, healthy eating habits, and well-being habits.

Watch the Track and Sync video.

To Track your healthy habits manually, you will click anywhere you see “Track It”. Here are the steps to manually enter in activity:

1. Choose your activity.
2. Choose the date(s) you completed the activity. You can backtrack 30 days.
3. Record how much.

To Track your healthy habits even simpler, you can sync certain devices and apps to RedBrick.

Watch the Track and Sync video.

Click on the arrow by your name in the upper right corner of the homepage and select “Connect Device”. You can also find links to connect a device within the tiles of the homepage and when you click on “Track It”.

Here is the current list of devices and apps that currently sync with RedBrick:  Fitbit, Garmin, Google Fit, MapMyFitness, Misfit, Nokia Health, and Runkeeper.

Apple Health also syncs with RedBrick, but you must sync it with the RedBrick Health app. To do so, download and open the RedBrick Health app. You will automatically be prompted to use your health data from the Apple Health app and you will want to select to track “Steps” and “Walking-Running”.

 Here are the directions to sync Apple Health.

Watch the Track and Sync video.

You can earn points daily through Track. To do so, you will need to reach at least 300 on your daily wellness meter for the day. You can reach 300 by doing just one activity (i.e., 30 minutes of physical activity or 3,000 steps) or through a combination of a few activities. Learn more here.

Watch the Track and Sync video.

A Journey takes a big goal like eating healthier and breaks it down into tiny achievable steps.  Each Journey starts with a few questions to personalize the experience for you. 

A Journey is made up of several stages and each stage has a variety of steps for you to choose from.  When you have completed enough steps (usually 3-6) in one stage you will be offered a Challenge Step.  When you complete a Challenge Step you may proceed to the next stage in your Journey.  Journeys have anywhere between 2 to 7 stages.

Helpful Documents: Journey Topics and Descriptions and Understanding Journeys.

Here is a short tutorial on Journeys.

Journeys are focused on behavior change, which takes time and intentional practice. Each journey can take anywhere between 2 and 6 weeks to complete. Allow the process to happen as intended, and give yourself at least 4 weeks to complete one Journey.  Remember, your Journey is complete once you have completed the Challenge Step within each stage of the Journey. 

Here is a short tutorial on Journeys.

There are three activities available:

1. Getting your annual physical (annual physical verification form) = 200 points
2. Completing a certified weight management program (weight management verification form) = 200 points (up to 400 per program year)
3. Attending a City-sponsored wellness class or webinar (recorded webinar verification form) = 25 points (up to 100 per program year)

In order to earn points you must submit a verification form for the activity to your Wellness Coordinator at wellness@cityoftacoma.org. The links to these forms are provided above.

Both EWcs have cardio machines, weights, exercise bands, bosu balance balls, and online subscriptions to BeachBody and Daily Burn.  Learn more about the EWCs at the Muni Complex and TPU.

Yes. There is a $5 per month fee. This money is in turn used to pay for the maintenance of equipment and to purchase new equipment.

Please read the Rules and Guidelines and return the Release of Liability Form to your Wellness Coordinator at wellness@cityoftacoma.org.  

You will need to email your Wellness Coordinator at wellness@cityoftacoma.org and let her know the effective date that you want your membership canceled. She will take care of everything else behind the scenes for you.

We have offered onsite Yoga at both EWCs. We are currently working on getting that back up and running. Additionally, we are looking into other classes, including self-defense.

Please reach out to your wellness coordinator at wellness@cityoftacoma.org with details regarding that particular vendor and their contact information.

• Andy Bartels, Library Assistant, Kobetich Library
• Beverly Pinkerton, Training Analyst, Customer Services Training/Performance Solutions
• Chris Hartman, Management Analyst II, Environmental Services
• Christina Chelf, IT Senior Analyst
• Kristin Ely, Program Development Specialist, Neighborhood and Community Services
• Michelle Davidson, Financial Assistant, Tacoma Water
• Michele Nelson, Utility Services Rep II, T & D Services Engineering
• Michelle Petrich, Court Administrator, Tacoma Municipal Court
• Richelle Krienke, Senior Buyer, Finance, Procurement & Payables
• Troy Wells, Custodian, TPU Building Maintenance

Learn more about becoming a Wellness Champion. We are always looking for more volunteers!

• Alice Phillips, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 483
• Kari Louie, Senior Compensation and Benefits Manager
• Roberta Burnett, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 483
• Jim Sant, Utilities Deputy Director, TPU Management Services
• Matt Frank, FireFighters Union Local 31
• Terra Ament, Teamsters Local 313
• Shannon Carmody, Senior HR Analyst, Wellness Coordinator