Health and Employee Wellness (HEW) will sponsor “Give it a Weigh for the Holidays,” a fun wellness program for the holidays that supports healthy living and charitable giving.
This year HEW will start the program before the Thanksgiving holiday. Last year nearly $1,000 was raised and awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, an Argonne Combined Appeal (ACA) sponsor organization. This year’s goal is to raise more than $1,000 for an ACA sponsored organization.
Program Overview
Give it a Weigh for the Holidays encourages employees to form teams of two or more people that focus on maintaining their current body weight during the winter holiday season. Each employee that would like to participate donates $10 in cash, per person, which will go towards a holiday gift for an ACA sponsored organization.
Interested employees who have formed a team will “weigh-in” to record a “starting weight” and after the holiday season is over, teams will weigh-in again to record an “ending weight.”
The team that has gained the least weight (averaged over the number of team members) will win and thereby get to choose which ACA sponsored organization will receive the collected funds.
Each team should identify a team captain that will email wellness@anl.gov with the name of their team. The team captain should collect funds from team members and bring them to HEW during the weigh-in process.
All individual weights are kept confidential.
During the program HEW will email employees wellness information that includes healthy eating tips for the holiday season. Teams are encouraged to support each other in eating well over the season.
Weigh-ins must be completed between Nov. 16-23, 2016, and weigh-outs completed between Jan. 2-9, 2017.
Schedule Individual Weigh-Ins
Individuals will need to call HEW at ext. 2-2813, to schedule a weigh-in at the HEW Medical Clinic in Building 201, 1st Floor. Employees can call today to schedule a weigh-in appointment. Appointments can be individual or for an entire team. Please plan on wearing the same clothes, if possible, for weigh-in and weigh-out.
Important Note
Teams who wish to participate, but do not want a weight recorded are encouraged to register. The teams will not be able to win, but can still receive wellness information and donate funds to charity.
Please note the following:
- The following wellness information is provided for the use of Argonne employees.
- The provision of this information is not intended to create a physician-patient relationship or to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, opinion or treatment.
- If you believe you have any health problem, or if you have any questions regarding your health or a medical condition, you should promptly consult your personal physician or other healthcare provider.
