Know Your Numbers begins

The third annual Know Your Numbers campaign begins today and with it comes a new incentive program aimed at increasing the number of faculty and staff members who participate in the clinical health risk assessments.

The “Healthy Choices” program is designed to encourage and support healthy lifestyle behaviors for faculty and staff members, their spouses and household members through outreach and participation in yearlong programming and events.

To participate, faculty and staff members must undergo the clinical health risk assessment during the Know Your Numbers campaign, which runs January 17-28, and track quarterly wellness activities online at www.umr.com, beginning on January 17. A sample of wellness and Work Life activities includes participating in Weight Watchers or a smoking cessation class or attending exercise classes.

Participants who complete all components will be eligible to win four quarterly prize drawings of $100, and an annual drawing for two $1,500 prizes. The first 500 people to register for Know Your Numbers and complete their appointment will receive $100. The assessments are free and are not charged to individual insurance plans.

Carole Williams, finance manager for the Michigan SBTCD, understands the rigors of balancing work and home lives and said the Work Life Connection program helped her cope with learning to be a caregiver for a family member.

“During an extremely stressful period for me, the Work Life Connection program worked with me to cut through the bureaucracy of services,” Williams said. “The program allowed me to focus on family issues and work. They also offered additional services, classes and reading material.”

Register for Know Your Numbers online at www.gvsu.edu/healthwellness and click on the “Know Your Numbers” button.

More information about the incentive program, including testimonials by faculty and staff members, is also on the website.