{"id":27999,"date":"2017-06-05T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=27999"},"modified":"2017-06-05T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:51:20","slug":"wellness-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=27999","title":{"rendered":"Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><u><\/u>Hit Your Stride- Step Challenge&nbsp;Starts June 8<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Who is Eligible?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">All NMC Employees. Those who have access to Blue Cross Health &amp; Wellness will participate through the Blue Cross website and all others will report manually through a shared google document.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Challenge Details<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Your team will compete against others to accumulate the highest number of steps over the 5 weeks of the challenge.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Team Size<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Minimum of 1 person, and a Maximum of 3 people<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Incentive&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The team with the overall highest number of steps (averaged between number of team members) will each receive a $100 Visa Gift Card.<\/li>\n<li>Every individual that meets an average of 4,000 steps per day (148,000 steps over the 37 days) will have a chance to win a Fitbit Alta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>How do I Register?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>If you elect NMC Blue Cross Coverage you will register through the Blue Cross Health &amp; Wellness Site. You will also track your steps through this site and instructions are included on how to sync your personal device to the website for automatic tracking. Access the instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/depts\/human-resources\/total-compensation\/wellness\/hit-your-stride-summary.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you do not have NMC Blue Cross Coverage you will register with Hollie DeWalt in HR and report your steps through a shared google doc. Once registration opens on June 1, email Hollie (hdewalt@nmc.edu).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>How often do I need to report my steps?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you are not using one of the automatic tracking methods, please report your total steps by the Friday of each week. The top teams and individuals will be posted in the Intercom each week.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Challenge Dates\/Deadlines<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">\n<p><strong><u>Registration Opens<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">\n<p><strong><u>June 1, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">\n<p><strong><u>Registration Closes<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">\n<p><strong><u>June 16, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">\n<p><strong><u>Challenge Start Date<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">\n<p><strong><u>June 8, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">\n<p><strong><u>Challenge End Date<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">\n<p><strong><u>July 14, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">\n<p><strong><u>Last Date to Enter Data<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">\n<p><strong><u>July 21, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>NMC <a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/depts\/human-resources\/total-compensation\/wellness\/index.html\">Wellness Site<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Do you need assistance with registration for Hit Your Stride?<\/p>\n<p>Chris Barr will be available on <strong>June 5<\/strong>&nbsp;to help you enroll or answer your questions- stop by and see him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University Center 106- <strong>9\u201310:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>West Hall Conference Room- <strong>12:30\u20132 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Great Lakes Campus Room 102- <strong>2:30\u20133:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please check with Hollie before joining an already existing team in the Blue Cross Health &amp; Wellness site as they may already be full with employees who don\u2019t have Blue Cross!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>**June is Men\u2019s Health Month**<\/h3>\n<p>June 16, 2017 is Wear Blue Day in honor of Men\u2019s Health.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menshealthnetwork.org\/wearblue\/friday\/\">Website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hit Your Stride- Step Challenge&nbsp;Starts June 8 Who is Eligible? 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