Healthy Holiday Challenge
Nov 4 - Dec 13, 2024 | 6-week online challenge
Give yourself the gift of healthier habits this year with the Healthy Holiday Challenge. This 6-week program supports you with small, healthy steps you build on each week and can keep going through the new year. Join us for a healthful, relaxing, balanced, and fun holiday season!
This challenge includes:
- Weekly Prizes - a variety of useful gift cards - with new winners each week!
- Grand Prizes - The grand prize winner will receive a brand new FitBit! Other prizes include chances to win one of three Cuisinart blenders!
- Weekly Newsletters - including the weekly challenge + fun resources and recipes
- Daily Wellness Postcards to keep you motivated and on track
How the program works
Newsletter:
Each Monday morning, you will receive a newsletter through email to help you stay on track. This will feature the weekly challenge with supporting tools and featured events. In addition, each Tuesday-Friday you will receive a daily email postcard with a wellness tip and fun inspiration.
- Read the newsletters for motivation and reminders.
- Report your participation each week (to be eligible for the weekly prize drawing).
- Write a HHC Pledge to motivate you throughout the challenge.
- Track your progress on your Personal Success Tracker and keep it with you to help you stay on track.
- Share tips you have found to be successful with fellow participants. Tips may be posted online or in the newsletter.
Weekly challenge:
- There will be a new simple challenge each week. If you're ready to make the challenge more difficult, increase the duration or frequency.
How to win prizes
Weekly Prize Drawing: we are giving away raffle prizes each week!
To be eligible, report your participation for the previous week by completing a quick survey in the Monday newsletters.
How to win the grand prize
- Complete the program - Be sure to submit your participation each week!
- Complete the program evaluation - Submit the online program evaluation. We will ask for your name but it will not be associated with your answers.
Resources
Hunger-Satiety Scale
Managing Holiday Stress:
Weekly Content Preview
- 2022 Healthy Holiday Challenge Weekly Content
- Week 1: Healthy Habits and Wildly Important Goals
- Week 2: All About Nutrition
- Week 3: Mindfulness and Gratitude
- Week 4: Going Beyond Your Comfort Zone
- Week 5: Mobility and Movement
Testimonials
"Leave it to a wise university to know that healthy employees are better employees, who have more energy, more productivity, and more appreciation for an employer who also cares about their personal well-being."
"I regularly exercise but this program gave me the motivation to start involving my coworkers in my weekly exercise schedule - e.g. I've met people from other departments as we now go to a weekly circuits class together (enabled through the free 6 week trial offer). I've also gotten to know my coworkers better and in a different environment, and I've had FUN! My coworker and I are now meeting at the weekend to work-out. So, not only has this program been an incentive to maintain my activity levels, it's been great for helping me to find new friends!"
"This was a great way to close out the semester and make some small daily changes to help my overall wellness!" -Megan F.
"I love these challenges. So helpful to have reminders and know that even the smallest changes can make a difference."
"I love the Healthy Holiday Challenge because it encourages me to both set and achieve personal goals while also build community with my peers and colleagues who have similar goals." - Christine T.