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Vitality Champ Amanda Pinkston Helps People Reap

Real Benefits of the Program

As a Vitality champ, there’s a cer- But the biggest benefit to her
tain sense of pride and sa&sfac&on personally is when she sees
when you organize a walking event the posi&ve results in people
for fellow employees. Amanda who enroll in the program.
Pinkston, Administra&ve Assistant “At first people start doing
3, had more than 50 people sign up ac&vi&es for the prizes,” she
for her first organized walk, a 5K at said. “Then, a li'le bit down
Columbia Park at 5:30 p.m. on the road, they start to see
March 14, just a week a er an- the real reward of the pro-
nouncing it. gram, the health rewards.”

The walk will take place a er work, Pinkston wants the program
making it easier for HCP employees to be inclusive, so if there is
at several South Bay sites to par&c- Amanda Pinkston at the 2012 Making Strides Against Breast an employee with a disabil-
Cancer Kickoff Breakfast.
ipate. ity, for instance, who cannot
par&cipate in walks, she encourages them to get points in
Ge(ng employees together to enjoy the benefits of the the program through health checks, online courses and
Vitality program is the reason she volunteered to be a other possible avenues.
champ shortly a er enrolling in the program a few years
ago. “The program is such a gem; I wanted to show every- A HCP employee for five years next November, Pinkston
one what they can do by par&cipa&ng,” Pinkston said. wants everyone to know about the Vitality program.
“When I first heard about the program, I was not clear
Being a champ has also given her the opportunity to meet about what it was,” she noted. “A er looking at the web-
colleagues she may otherwise not have the chance to, by site and figuring out what it was, I want to show everyone
a'ending walks in other regions. what they can do.”