CONGRATULATIONS, Team Oompa Loompa's
Wins $10,000: 1st place
Left to right: Team Oompa Loompa’s - Dee Hernandez, Jeffery Jozefiak,
Juan Hernandez, Felix Hernandez, and Felix Hernandez Jr.
In January, Wellness at Work announced the Slim to Win $10,000 challenge
by Healthy Wage offered to all employees, spouses and adult children. The
requirement included having five participants per team and a $70 entry fee
per person. Highly encouraged to earn team ribbons, which increases
engagement and partake in mini-challenges, Charlotte County had a total
of 11 teams competing against a total of 195 teams. One of our Charlotte
County teams, Oompa Loompa, won first place and the team will be receiving
a $10,000 prize! Woohoo!
Oompa Loompa’s percentage of weight lost was 16.32%. Team dynamic
is truly important, such as our winning team. Three team members work
for Public Safety as first responders, two are brothers, and husband, wife
and son trio. Each team member’s total weight loss over the course of
the challenge ranged from 38 to 50 lbs. This challenge shows us the
results are real.
The other two teams who won: second place, $5,000 - City of Fort
Myers Public Safety and third place, $3,000 - Lee County School
Board. Die Lard V team from Charlotte County Utilities also lost
12.03% of their weight. Way to go, team!
Great job to all 54 participates. Average weight loss was 5.7%. Total
pounds lost with all the participants was 708 pounds. This means an
average weight loss per person 13.1 pounds.
Wellness at Work will be presenting the prize to the team at the June
12, BCC meeting at Murdock. Come join us to celebrate their wonderful
achievement. All participants will have a chance to earn back the entry
fee by maintaining/losing 10% weight loss for nine months after the
challenge. Congratulations again to the Oompa Loompa. Fantastic job!