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Governor's Health Bowl

 

Governor's Health Bowl (2008)

The Governor's Health Bowl is a statewide health and fitness challenge sponsored by the Washington Health Foundation (WHF), Washington Wellness, and Governor Chris Gregoire, as part of WHF’s Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign.

Each year, the Health Bowl kicks off on Washington Health Day, September 18, and ends on November 1.

State agencies and higher education institutions are encouraged to form teams and join. State employees get 100 bonus miles by taking their health risk assessment (HRA) through Washington Wellness.

During the 2007 Health Bowl, Governor Gregoire challenged Washington State to log 5 million miles of health in just six weeks, and the challenge was met. Can we exceed it this year? With your help, we can!

Implementation

How to Register Your Organization

  1. Go to http://www.whf.org/Registration.aspx.
  2. Select "Participating Organization," enter your email address, and click on "Join."
  3. Complete your Participating Organization Profile, choose a password, and click on "Submit."

Your organization is now registered in the Governor’s Health Bowl and the Healthiest State Campaign!

How to Register as an Individual

  1. Select "Participating Organization," enter your email address, and click on "Join."
  2. Select "Individual Champion," enter your email address, and click on "Join."

You are now ready to begin logging miles!

How to Promote the Health Bowl to Employees

Use the poster and email template below to encourage employees to register online, join your organization’s team (they can join more than one team). Send Washington Wellness your ideas for promoting the Health Bowl and your innovative work will be recognized. And as miles can be earned from all kinds of physical activity, you may want to print out or link to the conversion chart so employees can see how swimming, gardening, yoga, martial arts, kayaking and other activities can be converted into miles.

Resources

2008 GHB Champion Instructions Implementation DOC
2008 GHB Employee Email Template Implementation DOC
2008 GHB General Poster Implementation PDF
2008 GHB Logging Miles Instructions Implementation DOC
2008 GHB Rack Card Implementation PDF
Conversion Chart for Physical Activity into “Miles” Implementation Link
Simplified Moderate-Vigorous Activity Chart (Edmonds CC) Implementation DOC

YouTube Videos

You can add the following videos to your own website by copying and pasting the code below each video into the code of your own web page. If the videos don't show up below, there should be a "download plugin" option. Click there and follow the directions. This will install the Flash plugin for your browser. If Flash is unable to install, your IS department probably has the ability for you to update your browser locked out. You will need to contact them to determine what the issue is and how it can be resolved.

And, even if you can view Flash video, some agencies have policies against viewing Flash and/or video so be sure and check with your senior leaders before adding this content to your website or emails.

If you need further assistance, please contact info@washingtonwellness.gov, attention: Technology.

2007 Week 1 - Governor Gregoire - Know Your Numbers

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

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2007 Week 2 - Governor Gregoire - Quit Tobacco

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cZu67xLrFk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cZu67xLrFk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2007 Week 3 - Governor Gregoire - Nutrition

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3NcBi_Xn0UI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3NcBi_Xn0UI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2007 Week 4 - Governor Gregoire - Establish A Health Home

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gRM3tnkd22U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gRM3tnkd22U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2007 Week 5 - Governor Gregoire - Take Your HRA

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Clz1vvYHoZE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Clz1vvYHoZE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2007 Healthiest State National Ranking - Washington Moves Up To #12

To add to your website, copy and paste this code into your page:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u3FisdHMqKY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u3FisdHMqKY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Governor's Health Bowl (2007)

The Health Bowl is a statewide health and fitness challenge sponsored by the Washington Health Foundation (WHF), Washington Wellness, and Governor Chris Gregoire, as part of WHF’s Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign.

During the 2007 Health Bowl, Governor Gregoire is challenging Washington State to log 5 million miles of health in just six weeks! This year’s Health Bowl kicked off on Washington Health Day, September 18, and ends on November 1, 2007.

State agencies and higher education institutions are encouraged to form teams and join. State employees get 100 bonus miles by taking their health risk assessment (HRA) through Washington Wellness.

Implementation

How to Register Your Organization

  1. Go to www.healthieststate.org and click on the red button in the center of the screen that says "Log-in or Join."
  2. Click on the link that reads "Click here to join the Campaign for the first time."
  3. Select "Participating Organization," enter your email address, and click on "Join."
  4. Complete your Participating Organization Profile, choose a password, and click on "Submit."

Your organization is now registered in the Governor’s Health Bowl and the Healthiest State Campaign!

How to Register as an Individual

  1. Go to www.healthieststate.org and click on the red button in the center of the screen that says "Log-in or Join."
  2. Click on the link that reads "Click here to join the Campaign for the first time."
  3. Select "Individual Champion," enter your email address, and click on "Join."

You are now ready to begin logging miles!

How to Promote the Health Bowl to Employees

Use the 2007 Health Bowl Message to Employees Template for an e-mail to employees or an Intranet article - this includes instructions on how they can sign up.

Resources

2007 Health Bowl Message to Employees Template DOC