The saying, “out with the old and in with the new” has never been truer than for Wellness & Prevention in 2016! Beginning January 4th, the program is getting a new look, a new name, BEWell (Beach Employee Wellness – a name chosen by City and School employees), and will include several new offerings. BEWell, powered by Virgin Pulse, a dynamic, creative and individualized website wellness platform, will give you the tools you need to improve or maintain your health.
Have you ever wished you could get rewarded for taking steps to better your health? Well, now you can – literally! In the new BEWell program you’ll be able to track your steps using a fitness tracker or an app (or even self-report) and earn points. Points can then be redeemed for rewards. It’s easy and it’s fun!
Activity = Points and Points = Rewards!
Here’s how it will work. Beginning January 4, 2016 you can log in to Virgin Pulse and set up your own account. You’ll see dozens of ways to earn points and get rewarded. Along the way you’ll learn new things and start new healthy habits and you’ll gain motivation to keep the healthy habits you now have in place. Here are just a few things you’ll find on Virgin Pulse (all of which you can earn points for):
- Check out the nutrition guide where you’ll get recipes and savings tailored to your lifestyle and goals. It’s easier to eat well with meal plans and grocery discounts that you can access at home, work, or on the go.
- Having trouble getting your ZZZs? Track your sleep patterns with the sleep guide and get tips on getting a better night’s sleep.
- Choose what interests you and learn strategies to get to where you want to be, all the while earning more points.
- Take a health assessment and learn about your health – what’s good and what could use a little tweak. (And yes, you get points for that, too!)
- Invite 10 friends and family members. While they don’t earn points, they do have access to healthy tools and trackers. Challenge your friends and family and see who gets the most steps, the most sleep or loses the most weight.
- Start a walking group or a healthy recipe group.
Although there are many new components to the program, BEWell isn’t changing wellness completely. It’s keeping most of what people loved by offering points for health screenings, cancer screenings, Disease Management, Partners in Pregnancy, tobacco cessation and more.
If you’re wondering what you’re going to do with all these points you’re racking up – it’s simple. The points you earn will accumulate each quarter. As you reach each new points level your rewards grow. You could earn up to $125 per quarter! That’s $500 a year! When you want to cash out you simply select how you’d like to spend your PulseCash:
- Gift cards from Amazaon, Target, iTunes, Visa Cash Card or MasterCard
- Online Virgin Pulse store products
- Direct deposit into your checking account
Getting healthy and staying healthy has never been this easy… or this much fun! Get more details about the new program when the Special Edition of the Beat (the new wellness quarterly update) arrives at your home address in late December.
Join us at a launch event to celebrate the new BEWell on Monday, Jan.11, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Plaza Annex (641 Carriage Hill Rd. 23452) or Wednesday, Jan.13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Building 19 (2416 Courthouse Dr., 23456). Meet the Virgin Pulse launch team, earn prizes, enroll in the program if you haven’t already, and even get your picture taken in front of a green screen skydiving with Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group.
Here’s to 2016! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve got!
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