This is the first Employee Health & Wellness Challenge! Join now to improve your health and
be entered to win a prize. This month, all you have to do is drink water! Everyone who
participates will receive a FREE water jug, compliments of Gundersen St. Joe’s
What is it?: 30 Day Water Challenge. Starts October 1st
What do you have to do?: Sign up, calculate your daily water goal, log your daily water intake while trying to
hit your goal every day, submit completed form once challenge is done, and be entered in to win the prize
drawing.
How do I sign up?: Stop in to the nurses office to sign up and get your FREE water jug for participating. You
will get your water drinking log to keep track as well. Sign up any time from now through Friday afternoon. If
you can’t make it to the nurse’s office, email [email protected] or contact Kim
Sellers to make other arrangements, and she can come to you.
BONUS: Optional – if you choose to, you can participate in the $5 option. Staff who want to have another chance of
winning can choose to pay $5 when they sign up. At the end of the challenge, there will be a second drawing for
those who do the $5 option. The “pot” will be a 50/50 split. Winner will get half and the second half will go into the
Health & Wellness fund. Winning prize amount depends on the number of staff who choose this option. This is
completely optional and not required to join the challenge.
ONLY COUNT WATER on your log – NO, sorry but milk, juice, soda,
beer, and other such beverages DO NOT COUNT as water!!!!!
Only participants who complete the challenge and return their daily
water log as proof of completion will be eligible for prize drawing.
Why Drink Water:
 One glass of water can eliminate hunger pains.
 Water aids the digestion process.
 Reduce back and joint pain.
 Water increases your metabolism and controls your appetite, promotes weight loss.
 The most common cause of daytime fatigue is simple dehydration. Water can actually assist you in feeling
more alert.
 Water can prevent and ease headaches.
 Water Helps Energize Muscles
 Water Helps Keep Skin Looking Good
 Water Helps Your Kidneys
 Water helps to maintain healthy body weight by increasing metabolism and regulating appetite
 Drinking adequate amounts of water can decrease the risk of certain types of cancers, including colon
cancer, bladder cancer, and breast cancer.
 Water leads to overall greater health by flushing out wastes and bacteria that can cause disease.
 Water is the primary mode of transportation for all nutrients in the body and is essential for proper
circulation.
 The list goes on and on, so get drinking!