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HEALTH & WELLNESS GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Below are some wellness contests and games
that you may try at your own agency or school. If your employer is a
participant in the health plans offered through the Oklahoma State and
Education Employees Group Insurance Board, we will offer support for your
wellness endeavors and will provide quality programs.
Tips, hints and techniques for promoting your health activities:
Remember: Healthy change takes time.
The key is to advertise/publicize your event as much as possible.
You should try to involve employees in developing, planning and
implementing your programs.
Your enthusiasm will be the primary means of increasing participation.
Use incentives sparingly—don’t overdo.
Be Creative. Employees often times like to receive a personal invitation to
participate and a letter of support from top management is also a good
incentive.
Give awards such as Healthy Employee of the Month.
Put the monthly wellness posters, that HealthChoice will be providing you with,
in prime visual locations throughout your agency or school.
These programs are simple in design to avoid excessive responsibilities for you.
Let us help you with setting up your recordkeeping!
Good Luck & Have Fun!
HEALTHCHOICE
Health Education Lifestyle Planning
3545 N.W. 58thSuite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
1-800-318-BEOK (2365) or (405) 717-8991
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Games & Activity Ideas
Bike to Work Day
Plan a bike-to-work day and reward employees who participate.
Dancing the Night Away
Get together your employees at night in a smoke-free environment
(community centers, clubhouses) and have a party featuring healthy snacks
and drinks and dancing.Line Dancing is a great aerobic activity!
Recipe Book/Low-Fat Bake Off
Plan a recipe book encouraging low-fat recipes. You could also plan a
contest whereby employees enter nutritious foods they prepared at home
and judge them based on taste, nutritional value and fat content.
Stair Walking
Post signs near elevators asking employees to use the stairs.
Suggestion Box
Set up a box and solicit fitness and health tips that will encourage
more participation in company activities.
Hokey-Pokey
Use the hokey-pokey during staff meetings, breaks, lunch for employees
to loosen up and stretch a little.
Deskercise
Invite a local expert or a HealthChoice Heatlh Educator to your company
to demonstrate basic office stretches to reduce stress and tension.
Parking Spaces
Mark off parking spaces that are a distance from the building in order
to encourage employees to get some extra exercise.
Start a Worksite Walking Club
Walk-Off: a worksite walking club that includes a kit with everything
you ever wanted to know about walking—and then some!
Whether a participant is just beginning a walking program or is ready
to move to the next level of difficulty, the Walking Kit provides information
and methods to track a walker’s progress. A walking club helps organize
walkers and provides opportunities to enhance their walking experience.
The Walking Kit Includes:
Pedometer – For setting up a walking track around your agency
or school (This will be yours to keep!)
Registration Forms – To enroll your walkers.
Log Forms – For tracking miles walked.
Incentive Items – Ideas for incentives would be ribbons for
reaching their first 100, 200, 300 miles and so on, their names
posted on the bulletin board with miles walked each month or solicit
support from local businesses. Call or visit in person while you
are there to shop!Or contact the H.E.L.P. office at HealthChoice
1-800-318-BEOK or (405) 717-8991 for further information, Walking
Kits or technical assistance and support.
Articles Included in the Kit:
Exercise Caution – If you can answer yes to any of the questions,
you should check with your physician before beginning any exercise program.
Walking Steps – This article includes tips and hints as well
as warm-up exercises.
One Mile Walking Test – For 30 to 69 year olds to help them evaluate
their general aerobic fitness level.
Benefits of Walking – Health, Fitness and Emotional Benefits.
What’s Wrong With My Shoes? – This article was originally
published in the January/February 1996 Walking Magazine and is being used
with permission from the author.
If you are unable to get a walking club started at your agency or school,
don’t forget, HealthChoice started a walking club and has around
2,500 members. If you have HealthChoice employees interested in walking
on their own, please contact our office and we will be happy to enroll
them in the HealthChoice Walking Club. They will receive the same
articles and log forms, however, we will provide the incentive items
at each 100 miles logged.
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