You can make a difference in your employees' health! The State Health Plan is sponsoring Plan members' participation in next month's Step Up Carolinas exercise and weight loss challenge with registration starting March 6, and HBRs are key partners in our recruitment efforts.
  
Step Up Carolinas is an eight-week, online, team-based wellness competition that begins April 1, 2013. Plan members who participate will receive a free pedometer and have access to online tools to form teams, set goals, track progress, and motivate others. Plan members can participate in one, two, or all three divisions within the Step Up Carolinas challenge that include pedometer steps, exercise minutes and weight loss. In addition, winners will receive valuable gift cards.

Registration opens March 6, 2013, and remains open for four weeks. Encourage your employees to form teams with their co-workers. Each team can have up to 11 members. Beginning March 6, take the following steps to register:

• Go to www.stepupcarolinas.org
• Click on Join now
• Select "NC State Health Plan" from the company name drop-down box
• Members will be asked to answer challenge-specific questions and enter the following information:
• Name
• Gender
• Select age from 10-point bands
• Email and mailing address
• Subscriber ID # (located on your member ID card)
• Employer group (state agency, university, public school, etc.)