LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Humana Inc.
(NYSE: HUM) is helping the National Park Service celebrate its
100th anniversary by encouraging people to enjoy
America's national parks as a resource to stay healthy and
active.
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As a National Park Foundation premier partner for the Find Your
Park movement and the official health care sponsor of the National
Park Service Centennial, Humana will help kick off the 100th year
by hosting several health-related activities at national parks.
Humana's Senior Skip Day will provide free access to national
park service sites and healthy activities for seniors 62 and older
on Oct. 8, 2015, and a Park
Prescription (Park Rx) program in South
Florida. Both will inspire people to head outdoors to help
foster better overall health and well-being.
"Humana's goal is to improve the health of the communities we
serve by making it easy for people to achieve their best health,"
said Humana President and CEO Bruce
Broussard. "National parks are great resources offering a
range of healthy experiences for people of all ages, and they
represent a simple way to enjoy being healthy and active."
"Spending time in parks has demonstrated benefits for physical
and mental health, and the National Park Service is helping
Americans make this connection," said National Park Service
Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. "We
appreciate Humana for their significant support, which is helping
people find their park through healthy living."
"Through their support, Humana is creating opportunities for
people to see how parks and healthy living go hand in hand,
underscoring how parks are relevant to their lives," said
Will Shafroth, President and CEO of
the National Park Foundation. "Our work with Humana is a great
example of the important role that public-private partnerships play
in inspiring more people to find their park."
Humana-sponsored Find Your Park activities will help people from
all backgrounds appreciate America's national parks as great
natural, cultural and historical resources that can also improve
health. Humana employees kicked off the partnership with the
National Park Foundation by creating a GPS-based geo map of
#FindYourPark in a local park near Humana's Louisville, Kentucky, headquarters to help
raise the profile of the nation's parks and encourage others to
take advantage of all that national parks have to offer. Among the
ways people can participate:
- Create a Find Your Park geo map in a national or local park
using GPS technology with a message that celebrates parks.
Directions are searchable through a GPS-enabled fitness app.
- Get a "Park Prescription" (Park Rx). Health care professionals
at select MetCare Clinics in South
Florida will develop a program to help patients take a step
toward better health through prescribed activity in local parks.
Nationally, the Healthy Parks Healthy People U.S. program
aims to promote well-being by connecting people with nature and the
outdoors.
- Participate in Senior Skip Day on Oct.
8, 2015. On Senior Skip Day, national parks will be free to
those 62 and older, who are encouraged to skip out on what they're
doing and enjoy a healthy day at a national park.
- Download the free Charity Miles
app for Android or iPhone, select the National Park Foundation, and
for every mile logged during your healthy activity – at a national
park or in your own neighborhood – Charity
Miles will make a donation to the National Park Foundation.
A donation will be made for up to 10
cents per mile for bikers and up to 25 cents per mile for walkers and runners.
Visit http://findyourpark.com to discover parks across the
country and learn more about National Park Service Centennial
events, including healthy park programs.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading health and
well-being company focused on making it easy for people to achieve
their best health with clinical excellence through coordinated
care. The company's strategy integrates care delivery, the member
experience, and clinical and consumer insights to encourage
engagement, behavior change, proactive clinical outreach and
wellness for the millions of people we serve across the
country.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company's web site at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders;
- Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
- Most recent investor conference presentations;
- Quarterly earnings news releases;
- Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls;
- Calendar of events; and
- Corporate Governance information.
About The National Park Service
More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for
America's 408 national parks and work with communities across the
nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home
recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.
About the National Park Foundation
The National Park Foundation is the official charity of
America's national parks and nonprofit partner to the National Park
Service. Chartered by Congress in 1967, the National Park
Foundation raises private funds to help PROTECT more than 84
million acres of national parks through critical conservation and
preservation efforts, CONNECT all Americans with their incomparable
natural landscapes, vibrant culture and rich history, and INSPIRE
the next generation of park stewards. Find out more and become a
part of the national park community at www.nationalparks.org.
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