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First Annual Commit to Fit! Fall 4 Fitness Business-to-Business Challenge Winners Announced

A first of its kind community-wide business-to-business challenge, the Commit to Fit! Fall 4 Fitness Challenge was an effort to engage employers to promote wellness in the workplace. Based upon the established model of Greater Flint Health Coalition members HealthPlus of Michigan and Citizens Bank’s annual business vs. business challenge, Fall 4 Fitness sought to offer a fun way to practice healthy behaviors in a competitive workplace challenge that was promoted community-wide.

In this first annual event, 50 businesses and organizations signed up to compete in Fall 4 Fitness with a four-week goal for each participant to practice 30 minutes of physical activity each day. Nearly half of the 4,500 participants met or exceeded the total challenge goal of 780 minutes. In total, over 3 Million minutes of physical activity was logged during Fall 4 Fitness. The Commit to Fit! interactive website – www.commit-2-fit.org – recorded over 27,000 individual log-ins during the challenge period.

On October 25th, the Greater Flint Health Coalition and Fall 4 Fitness lead sponsor HealthPlus of Michigan announced the winners in the Small and Large Business Divisions of the challenge, as follows:

Small Business pision (Employers with 10-99 employees)

Winners – Highest Average Minutes Per Participant:
1st Place – Crim Fitness Foundation (1325 Average Minutes)
2nd Place – Benefit Review Services (1181 Average Minutes)
3rd Place – Greater Flint Health Coalition (1176 Average Minutes)

Winner – Highest Percentage of Total Employee Participation:
1st Place – Benefit Review Services (100% Participation)

Winner – Highest Percentage of Participant Goal Attainment:
1st Place – Benefit Review Services (93% Goal Attainment)

Large Business pision (Employers with 100+ employees)

Winners – Highest Average Minutes Per Participant:
1st Place – Genesee County Community Mental Health (1236 Average Minutes)
2nd Place – Case Manufacturing (1228 Average Minutes)
3rd Place – Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company (1059 Average Minutes)

Winner – Highest Percentage of Total Employee Participation:
1st Place – HealthPlus of Michigan (77% Participation)

Winner – Highest Percentage of Participant Goal Attainment:
1st Place – Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company (83% Goal Attainment)

In addition to the business winners, over 33 total cash prizes were awarded totaling $3,000 to raffle prize winners eligible for meeting their 30 minutes per day goal for the total challenge period.

For more information on Commit to Fit! visit www.commit-2-fit.org today, register, and join the movement for your first steps to a healthier, happier life.

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