- The 5 Million Step Challenge at CES
2017 benefits local and national Boys & Girls Clubs and
highlights the importance of daily walking
- UnitedHealthcare also donates 200
NERF ENERGY Game Kits to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern
Nevada to help reduce childhood obesity through “exergaming” and
health education
UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM),
through its wholly owned subsidiary Qualcomm Life, Inc., today
donated $50,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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UnitedHealthcare of Nevada presented a
$50,000 donation on behalf of Qualcomm Life and UnitedHealthcare to
Andy Bischel, president & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of
Southern Nevada, and Shing Yu, account strategy & development
director, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, this afternoon at the
Lied Memorial Clubhouse in Las Vegas. Left to right: Senate Health
and Human Services Committee Chairwoman Patricia Spearman, Ph.D.;
UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound; Kelly Simonson of
UnitedHealthcare of Nevada; Andy Bischel; and Shing Yu (Photo:
Isaac Brekken).
The donation, which will be shared by the Boys & Girls Clubs
of Southern Nevada and the nonprofit’s national organization, is
the culmination of a fundraiser that was held during the
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017.
UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm gave away 500 activity trackers to
CES attendees, encouraging participants to each walk 10,000 steps
on Saturday, Jan. 7, for a combined total goal of 5 million steps;
participants collectively walked 6.5 million steps as part of the
challenge.
Today at the Lied Memorial Clubhouse in Las Vegas, the two
companies presented a $50,000 check to Andy Bischel, president
& CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada.
UnitedHealthcare also donated 200 NERF Energy Game Kits, a
limited-release game that tracks physical activity and rewards kids
for being active. As children participate in physical activity,
they earn “energy points” that are tracked by the activity band,
and these points turn into screen time to play the mobile game on a
smartphone or tablet. The NERF ENERGY RUSH mobile game is an
“endless runner” game that requires players to turn, jump and avoid
obstacles to complete courses and earn power-ups to continue
playing.
The donation is part of a recently launched national initiative
featuring Hasbro’s NERF products that encourages young people to
become more active through “exergaming.” UnitedHealthcare is
donating 10,000 NERF ENERGY Game Kits to elementary schools and
youth-focused organizations across the country, enabling children
ages six to 12 to receive the kits at no cost.
“This generous donation from UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm will
help us improve the lives of young people in Nevada by encouraging
healthy living, good nutrition and regular physical activity,” said
Bischel. “We believe these new NERF ENERGY Game Kits will help
young people in our community learn that exercise can be fun.”
Studies indicate that “exergaming” has the potential to reduce
the growing obesity epidemic among children and adults. A study by
George Washington University found exergames “spurred students to
move enough to meet the recommended intensity criteria for vigorous
activity,” and that these games are “a useful alternative to
traditional physical education.”
About Boys & Girls Clubs of
America
For more than 150 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
(GreatFutures.org) has enabled young people most in need to achieve
great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Today, more than 4,200 Clubs serve nearly 4 million
young people annually through Club membership and community
outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on
Native lands throughout the country, and serve military families in
BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations
worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun,
friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily
basis during critical non-school hours. Priority programs emphasize
academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy
lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 54 percent said the Club
saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta.
Learn more
at http://www.bgca.org/facebook and http://bgca.org/twitter.
About Qualcomm
Incorporated
Qualcomm’s technologies powered the smartphone revolution and
connected billions of people. We pioneered 3G and 4G – and now, we
are leading the way to 5G and a new era of intelligent, connected
devices. Our products are revolutionizing industries including
automotive, computing, IoT and healthcare, and are allowing
millions of devices to connect with each other in ways never before
imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business,
QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering,
research and development functions, and all of our products and
services businesses, including our semiconductor business, QCT, and
our mobile, automotive, computing, IoT and healthcare businesses.
To learn more, visit Qualcomm’s website, blog, Twitter and Facebook
pages.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live
healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. The company offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers,
military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare
and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1
million physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and
other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the
businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), a diversified Fortune
50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit
UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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Qualcomm LifeJamie Eisinger,
831-915-0295jeisinge@qualcommlife.comorBoys & Girls Clubs of
AmericaSara Leutzinger,
404-487-5624sleutzinger@bgbc.orgorUnitedHealthcareWill Shanley,
714-204-8005will.shanley@uhc.com
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