Lighten Up 4 Life Coordinator’s Guide
Welcome to Pardee’s Lighten Up 4 Life Team Challenge! It’s time to show that your organization’s teams have what it takes to win and get healthier. We encourage organizations to sign up and take the challenge and work toward a healthy body weight.
Throughout the year-long program, Lighten Up 4 Life (LU4L) will help educate participants about the importance of how maintaining a healthy body weight can improve their health and reduce their risk of developing certain chronic diseases and life-threatening conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke.
Beginning September 1, 2009 and through 2010, organizations and the community at-large are invited to form teams that will compete for quarterly prizes as well as grand prizes to lose the greatest percentage of body weight. Registration is ongoing so participants are encouraged to sign up at anytime throughout the year. There is no limit to the number of teams you can have from your organization; you can form as many teams as you’d like to compete.
How to Start
As a LU4L Coordinator, you can rally your business colleagues and friends to form teams of four. These teams will compete with each other to lose the greatest percentage of body weight. Teams choose their own weight loss and exercise plan but many helpful diet and exercise resources can be found at www.lightenup4life.com/pardee.
Remember as a coordinator you are cheerleaders for team participation!
To help you promote the Lighten Up 4 Life Team Challenge coordinators will receive ongoing information to keep teams motivated!
· News, tips motivational ideas, diet and nutrition information, exercise tips, videos and more.
Coordinators can help organize healthy lunch groups, walking groups and goal setting for their teams. To receive coordinator tips and resources email Jill at .
Start: Tell your teams to sign up by visiting www.lightenup4life.com/pardee . They will need the following information to register their team (teams of 4 only):
· Names, email addresses, team name (Be as creative or silly as you please!) and phone numbers of all four participating team members to fill out the submission form.
· Once all their information is submitted on the registration form, their email address will become their Lighten Up 4 Life Unique ID.
· They will use this Unique ID each time they submit their weight and to be eligible to win prizes.
After completing the registration, participants will be eligible for the Lighten Up 4 Life PERKS Card which allows them to take advantage of great offers from local restaurants and businesses! They will need to print out their PERKS Card and remember to keep it with them to receive these special offers.
Note: For participants who do not have online access, they can fill out and mail the LU4L paper registration (Available on www.lightenup4life.com/pardee coordinator’s page).
How to Track
How to Track Weights:
· Each individual will submit their weight using the “How to Track” button found on the www.lightenup4life.com/pardee homepage. (One team member or coordinators can submit weights for each team member).
The best results happen when coordinators remind participants about weigh-in dates and encourage participants to weigh themselves on the same scale every month to insure consistent weighing throughout the competition. Some organizations supply a scale or scales.
Weight submission dates:
1st Quarter
· Weigh-in Dates September 1, 2009 (Or at registration)
· Weigh-in Dates October 5 – 9, 2009
· Weigh-in Dates November 2 – 6, 2009
· Final Weigh-in for 1st Quarter December 18, 2009
1st Quarter Winning Team Announced!
2nd Quarter
· Weigh-in Dates January 4, 2010 (Or at registration)
· Weigh-in Dates February 1 – 5, 2010
· Weigh-in Dates March 1 – 5, 2010
· Final Weigh-in for 2nd Quarter April 23, 2010
2nd Quarter Winning Team Announced!
3rd Quarter
· Weigh-in Dates May 3, 2010 (Or at registration)
· Weigh-in Dates June 1 – 4, 2010
· Weigh-in Dates July 5 – 9, 2010
· Final Weigh-in for 3rd Quarter August 20, 2010
3rd Quarter Winning Team Announced!
+ Grand Prize Winners Announced – The team who loses the greatest percentage of weight from September 1, 2009 – August 20, 2010 will win a grand prize.
Remember confidentiality is important! All participant information should be kept confidential.
Lighten Up 4 Life Team Challenge Marketing Materials (All materials are available on the Lighten Up 4 Life Coordinator’s Info Page – Coordinator’s Button on homepage)
· Lighten Up 4 Life Announcement Letter for employees- Use this letter to announce the Lighten Up 4 Life Program to your employees. You can use it as a letter or copy and send it out in an email.
· Lighten Up 4 Life Brochure and Poster- To announce the program, place flyers out in your break room, conference rooms or high-traffic areas. Pass brochures out or leave them in high-traffic areas.
For more information contact Jill Geis at 828-692-4600 or via email at .