UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Arizona Fun Run Motivates Young People to Lead Active, Healthy Lifestyles
18 November 2017 - 9:31PM
Business Wire
Nearly 350 kids participated in the UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS®
Arizona Fun Run today at Tempe Beach Park. UnitedHealthcare mascot
Dr. Health E. Hound helped State Rep. Reginald Bolding, Tempe
Councilmembers Kolby Granville and David Schapira, and Joseph
Gaudio, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Arizona kick off
the fun run.
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The UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Arizona Fun
Run raced around Tempe Beach Park this morning. UnitedHealthcare
mascot Dr. Health E. Hound helped State Rep. Reginald Bolding,
Tempe Councilmembers Kolby Granville and David Schapira and Joseph
Gaudio, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Arizona distribute
medals to nearly 350 kids as they crossed the finish line (Photo:
Laura Segall).
Athletes ages 3 to 13 ran portions of the IRONMAN® Arizona. Each
athlete received a race bib, T-shirt, gift bag and finisher medal.
UnitedHealthcare provided 100 complimentary registrations to Boys
& Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale to encourage
participation.
This is the sixth year UnitedHealthcare is supporting IRONKIDS
in the United States as part of the company’s commitment to help
stem the rising tide of childhood obesity through healthy
lifestyles. UnitedHealthcare is sponsoring seven IRONKIDS one-mile
fun runs in 2017.
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 @UHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareLisa Contreras,
602-255-7068lisa_contreras@uhc.comorIRONKIDSMandy Irizarry,
407-341-4362info@ironman.com