Looking for a fun and easy way to jumpstart your employees’ healthy habits? Take part in the Blue & You Fitness Challenge, a free program sponsored by Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield and the Arkansas Department of Health.

Now in its 11th year, the Blue & You Fitness Challenge is a fun way to help companies, schools and groups practice wellness activities, encourage physical activity and address weight loss and weight management.

  • Contest runs three months (March 1-May 31)
  • Participants age 13 and older log eligible exercises each week and to earn checkpoints
  • Contest goal is the completion of 30 points up to the maximum number of checkpoints (184)
  • Overall winning teams are determined according to four criteria:
    • highest percentage of team members logging 30 exercise points,
    • highest average of most days exercised during the contest,
    • highest percentage of eligible employees or organization members participating and
    • lowest dropout rate

Registration is due by Jan. 31. Full details and guidelines are available now at BlueAndYouFitnessChallenge-Ark.com.