[February 01, 2017]

UnitedHealthcare, Boys & Girls Clubs of King County and Washington State Partner to Address Youth Mental and Physical Health

Nearly 150 Boys & Girls Club members received NERF ENERGY Game Kits from UnitedHealthcare. The donation is part of a recently launched national initiative and collaboration between Hasbro and UnitedHealthcare, featuring Hasbro's NERF products, that encourages young people to become more active through "exergaming." UnitedHealthcare Community Plan also presented a $40,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs programs in Washington state to create a fund aimed at fostering healthy lifestyle behavior among Washington youth.

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Cindy Spain, RN, Vice President of Health Services, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan; UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound; Rees Odhiambo, Seatle Seahawks Guard; and Nancy Giunto, Executive Director, Washington Health Alliance passed out 150 NERF ENERGY Game Kits to members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County this morning. The local youth were led through exercises and relays to test out their new NERF ENERGY Game Kit that tracks activity earning "energy points" in order to play the game. The donation is part of a recently launched national initiative and collaboration between Hasbro and UnitedHealthcare, featuring Hasbro's NERF products that encourages young people to become more active through "exergaming." L to R: Odhiambo, Dr. Health E. Hound, Spain (Photo: Kim Doyel).

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 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 (News - Alert).

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