OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City National Guard (OKNG) broke ground this month to mark the official start of construction of the 32,000 square-foot Wellness Center.
National Guard leaders say, the Wellness Center began as a idea with a hand-drawn sketch on scrap paper during a conversation between Lt. Col. Montana Dugger, deputy for the OKNG’s Construction and Facilities Maintenance Office, and Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino, adjutant general for Oklahoma, about building a place to bring all of the OKNG’s resources that support Guardsmen’s mental and physical health together under one roof.
“It felt like a team effort,” Col. Lindy White, Joint Resiliency Director for the Oklahoma National Guard said. “We were welcomed and encouraged to provide feedback throughout the process.”
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The physical readiness center is set to incorporate a fully-equipped workout space for resistance and agility training, and physical therapy spaces, while other areas will include indoor and outdoor meditation spaces, a chapel for religious and non-religious persons, conference rooms, classrooms, a teaching kitchen, a coffee bar, and offices for OKNG Health and Wellness programs and services.