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FERS Sick Leave Conversion
The National Defense Authorization Act (HR 2647) was signed by the President
that now allows FERS employees similar sickleave benefits as CSRS employees.
However, the credit is phased in with a 50 percent credit for those who retire
now and full conversion after January 1, 2014. Go to our
Sickleave section for complete details and a
conversion calculator. More to come.
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"We are who we are and what we are today because of the choices we’ve
made over time." While this quote applies to just about every facet of
our lives, it came from Dr. Bruce Miller of Dallas, Texas, during a
seminar on the role that nutrition plays in our daily lives and overall
wellness. "…Choices we’ve made…" places the burden and responsibility
for wellness totally on us…not our doctors, not our friends, not
society, not the government, but us! That’s quite a responsibility. Are
you up to the task?
Read on for complete information.
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Wellness & Health Forum Menu
Do you have the tools available to accept this responsibility? Are you
willing to make the changes necessary to enjoy optimum wellness? Do you
understand the relationship of the foods you eat to your overall wellness? While
this may seem like an overwhelming challenge, you now have a new resource
available to help you sift through the volumes of data and information
concerning your wellness – The Health Awareness Forum.
 Charles
P. Jumpeter, he prefers to be called Chuck, has been leaving footprints on this
planet since August 20th, 1945. He was born and raised in a small town called
McAdoo, located in the western edge of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. His
federal service began almost immediately after he left Penn State in 1966. First
it was a 3-year stint with Uncle Sam in the U.S. Army – he went from Ft.
Monmouth, NJ, to Permasens, Germany, to beautiful Vung Tau, South Viet Nam
before landing with the FAA in February of 1970 as a communications technician
at the NY ARTCC. Chuck's career with the FAA was long, fruitful, and quite
diversified. From 1970 through 1987 he held a variety of technical positions
from Comm. Tech, to Central Computer Complex (CCC) Tech, to CCC
Technician-in-Depth, to CCC Crew Chief, to Proficiency Development Specialist
before landing in the Employee Involvement Process as a consultant in July of
1987. He retired in 2006 while working as a Cultural Change Consultant, a field
he truly came to love. While troubleshooting and repairing complex electronic
systems was challenging and fun, helping people deal with their personal growth
and development, cope with the complexities of organizational change and
development, and improve their overall health and well being became his
passion.
In 1980 he began a parallel career in the health and wellness industry. This
all started because he is an avid golfer and a serious allergy sufferer. His
allergies were so severe that he could not spend more than an hour or so
outdoors during the “growing season” without being completely miserable. Runny
nose, itchy, swelling eyes, constant sneezing would send him scurrying for the
nearest air conditioned room…there goes the handicap! Over-the-counter drugs
were not getting the job done, and the doctors didn’t help. He was looking for
alternative solutions when a friend of his introduced him to a Certified
Nutritional Consultant. She recommended a nutrition program and within weeks his
allergy symptoms were fading. He has been virtually allergy free for the past 28
years. Chuck has been studying and working with her and numerous other wellness
professionals since that time. In 1999, Chuck founded the East End Health
Consortium (EEHC) in Riverhead, NY. The vision and charter for this organization
is:
“We create knowledge, understanding, and a passion for, ‘A healthy mind, in
a healthy body, in a healthy environment’, in all the people we know and
meet.”
Through the EEHC and his own business,
Jumpeter Wellness Associates,
Chuck has lectured in the field of wellness and nutrition throughout Eastern
Long Island, North Eastern PA, and at the FAA’s headquarters in Jamaica, NY. He
has continued and expanded in this area of his business in retirement.
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