GIFTS & AWARDS
While nothing compares to the gift of health that you are rewarding yourself through participation, a little incentive can go a long way towards maintaining motivation to finish the program and meet your goals. The following pages list the gifts and prizes available through the WellFit for Life program.
- Attend the Kick-Off: All licensed employees who attend one of the two WellFit for Life and Best Weigh to Go kick-off events (Friday, January 15, 2010, or Saturday, January 16, 2010) shall receive a WellFit for Life 2010 flying disc.
- Complete the Program: All participants who complete the program will receive a WellFit for Life 2010 key coil. Successful completion is defined as performing a minimum of 1/2 an aerobic mile of cardiovascular activity four days a week for seven of the 10 weeks. Additionally, all activity must be reported utilizing the WellFit for Life Online Log and completed no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2010, for the participant to be considered as having completed the program.
- Division Winners: Upon completion of the 10-week program, WellFit for Life 2010 bandanas will be provided for winning competitors. Divisional winners will be selected from the worksite with the highest percentage of WellFit for Life participants who complete the program. One worksite will win from each of the six divisions.
The bandanas will be imprinted with the WellFit for Life 2010 logo, the Best Weigh to Go winners and the worksite with the greatest participation.
The WellFit for Life divisions are:
- Elementary School: Four worksites will be chosen.
- Middle School: Three worksites will be chosen.
- High School: Two worksites will be chosen.
- Special School: One worksite will be chosen.
- Rural School: One worksite will be chosen from the following areas: Indian Springs, Sandy Valley, Laughlin, Virgin Valley, Boulder City and other surrounding areas.
- Licensed Department: One licensed department will be chosen from the following areas: Professional Development, Student Support Services, Title I, and Grants & Development.
Additionally, the worksite with the highest percentage of WellFit for Life participants who complete the program will receive a free breakfast at their worksite.
- Mileage Winners: Sporting goods gift cards will be awarded to winners from each mileage category (Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Extreme and Fit at 55). These winners will be selected based upon the number of completed miles within their respective divisions at the end of the 10-week program. In addition, winners will also be featured in the summer issue of Health Traxx.
The mileage categories are defined for the program as follows:
- Novice: This category is reserved for beginners who will not exceed 75 miles during the program. (Participants can win only once in this category.)
- Intermediate: This category is for participants who will not exceed 300 miles during the program.
- Advanced: This category is for participants who will not exceed 600 miles during the program.
- Extreme: This category is designed for marathon runners, tri-athletes and endurance athletes who will exceed 600 miles during the program.
- Fit at 55: This category is for retired participants who will complete a minimum of 75 miles during the program.
Sporting goods gift cards will be awarded within divisional categories as follows:
- Elementary: Four winners in each divisional category.
- Middle School: Three winners in each divisional category.
- High School: Two winners in each divisional category.
- Special School: One winner in each divisional category.
- Rural School: One winner in each divisional category.
- Licensed Department: One winner in each divisional category.
Special Awards
At the end of the program, the Health Trust recognizes various WellFit for Life enrollees for their outstanding efforts. The Special Awards are as follows:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Presented to a participant living with a lifetime challenge* who completes the WellFit for Life program despite complications from his or her challenge. The recipient will be chosen through a lottery process by the Wellness Division. The winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award is honored at the annual Health Festival and featured within the H.E.R.O.S. section of Health Traxx. In addition, the winner shall receive a sporting goods gift card.
* A lifetime challenge is defined as a serious disease, medical condition or disability one lives with the majority of his or her life and that increases the difficulty of maintaining a fitness regimen.
- Heart Savers Award: Presented to those participants who lose 15 or more pounds. Heart Savers will receive a free water bottle.
- Wellness Team Leaders’ Award: Presented to worksite coordinators who, along with ten participants from their worksite, complete the program. These participants shall receive free Sweet Tomatoes restaurant passes. In addition, all qualifying coordinators will be entered to win a sporting goods gift card raffle.
Best Weigh To Go
The Best Weigh To Go Team: A component of the WellFit for Life 10–week cardiovascular program, Best Weigh to Go encourages eligible participants and their dependents to add a little friendly competition to their daily workouts by forming teams and motivating one another to lose weight. Team weight totals are recorded at the beginning and end of the program. The three teams that lose the highest percentage of body weight will receive monetary awards as follows:
- Grand Prize: $1,000 and 1 year membership to Gold’s Gym for each member of the team
- 2nd Place: $500 and three-month membership to Gold’s Gym for each member of the team
- 3rd Place: $250
Note: WellFit for Life participants who win one of the special awards are photographed and recognized in the Health Trust Health Traxx quarterly news publication.
