Supporting fitness and life skill development, UnitedHealthcare partners with Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay

Photos: UnitedHealthcare Health Strategies Consultant Beth Granger welcomes the more than 600 participants before the Let it Snow 5K gets underway at HCC Dale Mabry Campus in Tampa. In addition to Let it Snow 5K support, UHC’s financial and in-kind services included 16 Girls on the Run training scholarships, 10 of which went to girls at Chasco Elementary in Pasco County. Race-day participants also received complimentary pedometers and Healthy Eating guides made available at the UHC table in the race area village.

UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) partnership with Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay helped 305 6th grade girls from 22 Tampa area elementary schools “graduate” from their 10-week 5K training and life skills development program on Sat., Dec. 12, 2015 at the Let it Snow 5K in Tampa, Fla. Held at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) Dale Mabry Campus, more than 600 runners and walkers participated in the event, as well as friends and family members who came out to cheer everyone from start to finish.

UHC’s financial support also included 16 Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay fall training program scholarships to girls with financial need. Ten of these went to Chasco Elementary in Port Richie, four to Sandy Lane Elementary and two to Dream Center of Tampa. To keep participants and their supporters on the healthy living and exercise track, UHC also handed out complimentary pedometers and Healthy Eating Guides at the Let it Snow Race Village Area prior to the race start.

The race and its proceeds commemorate and help fund the Girls on the Run training program in the Greater Tampa Bay Area, which has grown from six participating schools in 2013 to the more than 22 schools for the fall training program and race. “At Girls on the Run, we talk a lot about having an Attitude of Gratitude,” said Girls on the Run Council Director Laura Moore. “We all thank UnitedHealthcare for being amazing and strong supporters of Girls on the Run.”

About Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay
Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program for girls in the 6th grade. The girls are taught life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and running games. The program culminates with the girls being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5k running event. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness. Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay is an Affiliate Council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of 200+ locations across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.girlsontheruntampabay.org.

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 850,000 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.