Celebrate health and wellness this holiday season with Health Plus Hold the Stuffing! Choose from 3 options (or choose all) depending on your health and wellness goals. With any option you could win PRIZES!
Option One - Weight Maintenance during the Holidays
How it Works
- Submit an initial weigh-in prior to Thanksgiving (November 9th-23rd)
- Participants will also receive a Wellness Bingo Card to celebrate good health during the holidays (see Option Two below)
- VUMC: Submit a final weigh-in January 2nd-13th
- VU: Submit a final weigh-in December 26th-31st
Earn Rewards
- Maintain your weight (gain no more than 2 pounds) to be entered into a prize drawing.
- Prize Drawing: Those who meet the goal will be entered into a prize drawing
- 2 Grand Prize winners will receive an Amazon eGift card for $150
- 20 Runner-up winners will receive an Amazon eGift card for $25
How to submit your weigh-ins
- Self Report: If you have access to a scale, you can securely submit your weight with Redcap
- In person: Visit one of our in person locations
- Hold the Stuffing Comes to You: Contact Health Plus to schedule a weigh-in for your department
- Vanderbilt locations with a weight scale can receive a Hold the Stuffing toolkit for your department to stay connected to the fun. For more information email health.plus@vumc.org or call 615-343-8943.
- Weigh with Higi: Use a weight measurement taken at any Higi station (on or off campus) to weigh in for Hold the Stuffing! Just follow these 3 steps
- Log in to the Health & Wellness Information Portal to connect your Higi account
- Click on "Connect to Higi" and follow instructions to allow Higi to send Health Plus your weight and blood pressure. If you are a new Higi user, you will need to create a Higi account.
- Weigh in at a Higi station between November 9th-23rd and again December 26th-31st. Higi stations on campus located inside Courtyard Café and Sarratt Student Center. Confirm you want your Higi weight measurements included Hold the Stuffing.
Hold the Stuffing Weight Maintenance Challenge is a program designed to support you in maintaining weight over the holiday season. According to the CDC, excess weight is correlated with increased disease risk.
Option Two - Play Health Plus Wellness Bingo over the Holidays
Engage in daily healthy activities over the Holidays! Participants will track their healthy activities on a BINGO card by crossing out squares for each activity completed for a chance to earn prizes. Play by yourself, or engage with co-workers, family, and friends to stay healthy over the holidays! Register and download your Health Plus Wellness Bingo card starting November 21 to join the fun!
How to Play
- Choose between 24 activities to improve health and wellness over the holiday season
- Type an “X” on the line of each activity completed
- The Health Plus logo in the center is a free activity square
- Follow the links provided for activities to complete when applicable
- Remember to save your progress after each activity completed
How to win
- Complete 5 in-a-row for BINGO to gain 1 prize drawing entry, and/or Complete 15 out of 25 activity squares total to gain 1 prize drawing entry
- Up to 2 prize drawing entries can be earned
- Attach and email completed card to health.plus@vumc.org
- VUMC: Deadline to submit card is January 6
- VU: Deadline to submit card is December 31
- 20 winners drawn will receive an Amazon eGift Card! Only faculty, staff, and postdocs at VU and VUMC are eligible to win.
Option Three - Step for the Holidays Step Challenge
- Register to join the challenge starting November 21
- Track your steps December 1st - 31st for a chance to earn prizes!
- VUMC: Deadline to submit card is January 6
- VU: Deadline to submit card is December 31
- 20 winners drawn will receive an Amazon eGift Card! Only faculty, staff, and postdocs at VU and VUMC are eligible to win.
