The Independent Health and Buffalo Bills Health & Wellness Challenge Wraps Up By Sending Winner To The Super Bowl

I was lucky enough to participate in the media day launch of the  "Independent Health and Buffalo Bills Health & Wellness Challenge" at the Ralph early this year. They teamed up to start  a new community-wide health and wellness initiative designed to encourage Western New Yorkers to be more active and eat healthier foods.

During the Challenge, which ran from Monday, October 6 through Sunday, November 16, participants logged more than 7,700 hours of exercise, while consuming nearly 80,000 servings of fruits and vegetables and drinking 133,750 glasses of water. Needless to say, the Bills organization along with Independent Health were really please with the results during the first year of the program. People who signed up for the program were eligible to win a wide variety of prizes including the grand prize, a trip to the Super Bowl!

Among the thousands of participants, Susan Zydel of Hamburg was randomly selected to win the Challenge’s grand prize! She will be headed to University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. in February!  Susan did an amazing job during the Challenge and was well rewarded beyond winning a trip, she feels better!

With it being such a successful program they hope to continue the challenge into 2015! We'll keep you posted and here's to a healthy and active 2015!