GHT Healthy Holiday Challenge

The WCA Group Health Trust (GHT) is offering you an extra incentive to practice some healthy living habits while also assisting your local food pantry. The Healthy Holiday Challenge will take place from December 4-31, 2016. To participate you will earn points for following the USDA recommendations of eating 2 ½ cups of vegetables and 2 cups of fruit, while also doing 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity. Participants that follow the guidelines and report their points will be eligible to award their local food pantry a donation from the GHT.

Eligibility

You must be a GHT policyholder to participate. 

How the contest will work

Each participant can earn up to three points per day. One point for consuming 2 ½ cups of vegetables, one point for consuming 2 cups of fruit and an additional point for 30 continuous minutes of moderate to vigorous activity. Participants can earn 3 points per day and the maximum points for one week are 21. There is not a team competition during this challenge; but the more participants from each area the greater the chances of helping your local food pantry. Be sure to encourage your co-workers to get involved!

Each week you can visit the WCA Group Health Trust website at 

www.wcaght.org to report your point total. Please report your points by 4:00 pm on Tuesday of each week.

To register for the challenge simply click on the “Register Here” button at the top of this page or follow this link: GHT Healthy Holiday Challenge Registration Form. You can also access the link to the registration form on our website at www.wcaght.org. Once the form is completed, click on submit. 

If you have any questions please contact Kelly Hageman at hageman@wicounties.org or at 608-663-7188. If you know of any members that didn’t receive this announcement, please share it with them.

There are three ways for participants to be selected.

• Weekly – each week 20 participants that reach the weekly goal of 21 points will be chosen to award a local food pantry of their choice $20. Any ties will be entered in a drawing. Participants can win multiple weeks.

• Challenge conclusion – 20 participants with the highest scores (84 maximum) will be selected to award $50 to their favorite local food pantry. 

• Additionally another 20 local food pantries will receive $20 from participants that report points all four weeks, regardless of their point totals. Those that qualify will be entered in a random drawing.

Once all of the winners have been chosen the selected food pantries will receive a check for the total amount awarded to them. We will also include a letter informing them of the participants that selected them for the cash donation on behalf of WCA Group Health Trust.

Each week you will report your points total electronically by by following this link. Please report your points by 4:00 pm on Tuesday of each week. Points submitted prior to the completion of the week will not count for weekly prizes.

You can report your points after the deadline to be eligible for the overall prizes. Please visit the WCA Group Health Trust website to register your points each week.

What makes a cup of fruit or vegetables? Click here to find out!