Lighten Up Henderson - “Don’t Gain It, Maintain It” Employee Challenge

Program Evaluation

Program Information:

Healthy Henderson Committee held the second annual “Don’t Gain It, Maintain It” employee challenge that focuses on maintaining pre-holiday weight or losing weight during the holidays for a chance to win prizes. Teams of 4 employees or individuals competed in this 13-week event.

Program Statistics:

·  85 employees began the challenge, and 47 completed the challenge. 43% of participants completed the challenge.

·  10 departments represented in the challenge - PWPR, Finance, Police, Courts, Fire, Neighborhood Services, Utilities, HR, City Clerk’s Office, Community Development.

·  155 cumulative pounds were lost by all employees who finished.

·  The individual who had highest percentage of bodyweight lost was 6.72% with 9 pounds lost.

·  The individual who had the most accumulative points, which included points for maintaining or losing weight, as well as exercise points and attending Healthy Henderson events, earned 36 points.

·  The winning team earned 145 points and lost 10 pounds collectively

Survey Results

A ten-question survey was made available to participants after the event. Out of 37 participants, 24 completed.

·  When asked how did employees hear about the challenge:

o  All-user email 87.50%

o  Word of Mouth 33.33%

o  CityNet 44.62%

o  Spotlight 8.33%

o  City Manager’s Message 8.33%

o  Poster 8.33%

o  Other 8.33%

·  58.33% of participants surveyed ranked the initial weigh-in and registration process as Most Satisfying per a ranking scale.

·  91.67% thought the length of the competition was perfect.

·  70.83% of participants surveyed did not attend the finale event on January 13.

·  87.50% of participants surveyed said they would participate in Don’t Gain It, Maintain It again next year.

·  Female participants made up 62.50% of those surveyed.

·  37.50% of participants were within the age range of 41-50.

Favorable Testimonials

·  “Danielle does a great job at keeping it organized and running smooth.”

·  “YOU FOLKS ARE FANTASTIC!!! Great timing to help me be accountable and mindful of choices I make not just for my diet, but exercise as well. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.”

·  “Loved it. I am not a competitive person, but these events bring out the best in me. :)”

Constructive Testimonials

·  “I think maybe less updates might have encouraged people to attend the award ceremony (it was also posted with 2 different dates on the Intranet... ) It would be great if one of the actual scales used for weigh in was available at the downtown recreation center... like maybe behind the counter on the first floor or something. I really like the event!”

·  “The only issue I had was many of the weeks I went to weigh in the scales were changed out. This created a huge issue for what my actual weight was due to the scales being calibrated differently. I had a several pound discrepancy from the last weigh-in to the final weigh in which was days about.”

·  “The fact that there was no verification of points earned was bad. At the very least if people were going to get points at the rec ctr gyms they should have had to check in at the front desk or something. Also there should be weekly rankings sent out to keep the excitement up.”