- Mar
- 21
- 2018
Registration now open for Walk to Dublin
Join Michael J. Dowling, our President and CEO, for Walk to Dublin, the 8-week step challenge you don’t want to miss! When you take that first step, others will follow.
Registration is now open, so be ready to sign up to be a Team Captain or join a public team to get you moving, truly together with your friends and colleagues, and have some fun! Your team’s goal is to unlock the virtual destinations throughout Ireland, taking 3.7 million steps together to reach the pot ‘o gold… Dublin!
To get there, and to be eligible for the drawing of the GRAND PRIZE trip to Ireland, here’s what you need to know to get ready for the challenge starting April 16:
- Go to Northwell.edu/myWellness March 26 through April 16 to register for Walk to Dublin. You can also use the Virgin Pulse mobile app to register, which you can download with the App store or Google Play.
- Get your activity tracker synced to myWellness. You can use your Max Buzz, or if you have your own personal tracker, check the Participant Guide for a full listing of supported devices.*
- Before the challenge begins on April 16, get in the habit of syncing your steps daily so you’re ready for tracking your steps when the challenge goes live.
- All Northwell Health employees, including leadership and physicians, are eligible to participate. To be eligible for the grand prize raffle, you must be part of a Team of 10 that reaches Dublin.
JOIN A TEAM:
– Go to Challenges tab and click Walk to Dublin.
– Scroll down to the Join Team section and either choose a suggested team, or use the search bar to find a team by team name.
– When you find the team you’d like to join, click the Join Us button on the team card.
– Only Teams of 10 who complete the steps and reach Dublin, will be entered into the raffle drawing for the grand prize trip to Ireland.CREATE A TEAM:
– Go to Challenges tab and click Walk to Dublin.
– Scroll down to the Join Team section and click on the Create a Team tab.
– Fill in the required fields (team name, team rallying cry, photo, public/private) to create a team.
– Once you’ve completed the form, click the Create Your Team button at the bottom of the page to submit.
Be sure to read through the Participant Guide to answer your questions and share with your teammates.
The Employee Wellness team will be tabling at sites, so stop by and get the support you need to sign up!
Explore myWellness from your desktop, or the user-friendly Virgin Pulse app from your mobile device. You can earn points by checking your daily cards, tracking healthy habits that you want to work on, and find dozens of tools available to you (such as weight management, nutrition support, stress management, a sleep guide, mindfulness training and much more) as part of myWellness and available through Northwell Health.
* All employees were eligible to receive a Max device at no-cost between 8/1/17 – 12/31/17. As of 1/1/18 new hires can still order a Max at no-cost to them. Any other employees wishing to obtain a Max Buzz device can order one on the Virgin Pulse app (click on Shop>Northwell Max Buzz) for $25 or connect another validated device listed in the Participant Guide. You can also use your smartphone to track your steps. Be sure your phone’s health app is activated. Then, go to App Settings on your Virgin Pulse app, and turn on the Connect your steps feature to sync the two apps.
Questions? Contact myWellness@northwell.edu or 1-877-785-3222.
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So glad you’re pumped! Be sure to spread the motivation and excitement, Brian! You’re made for this!
Hey Dina, it’s Lisa from Huntington Hospital. Hope to see you in Dublin!
Hey Lisa!! Great to hear from you. No question, we’ll be stepping along with the rest of Northwell Health to reach Dublin. How is the energy for this at Huntington? Be sure to take some team pics and post them on Northwell Life Facebook! Have fun and be well.
Dina
Hi, do activities such as bicycle riding miles convert into steps?
Hi Katrina, Thank you for your question. If you’re wearing your Max Buzz during bicycling, since it’s an activity tracker, it should track all activity and convert to steps. If you want to give it a try before the challenge starts, see how it tracks, and be sure to sync your device each day to capture the steps. If you still have further questions, please give the myWellness/Virgin Pulse customer support line a call… they can answer technical questions accurately. 1-877-785-3222.
Best of luck,
Why isn’t bowling on the list of activities? I am on a bowling team, would love to add it to my exercise activity.
We have submitted this to our partners at Virgin Pulse for consideration. Thank you so much for your input, Jennifer.
Southside Wolfhounds are ready to rock and roll!!!!
Good luck, Karen. It should be lots of fun. Make sure you have a full Team of 10 to be eligible for the Grand Prize raffle:)
Dina
Setting up our team of Laboratory Couriers- we will crush the competition! We do thousands of steps before lunch.
Go for it, Brian and good luck:) Be sure you have a full Team of 10, since only full teams that reach Dublin are eligible for the Grand Prize raffle.
Best,
Dina
How do i get the max buzz or device
Hi Vivian,
If you want to order a Max Buzz, go to your PROFILE in the desktop version at Northwell.edu/myWellness or on the Virgin Pulse app.
Then go to Store. You can order the Northwell Max Buzz from the store. There is also a full listing of devices that you can sync to myWellness if you read through the Participant Guide link in this blog post.
If you have any other questions, you can reach out to myWellness@northwell.edu
Thanks and Good Luck!
Dina
Is the step goal 3.7 million for the team of 10, or 3.7 million per individual team member?
Hi Richard,
The step goal of 3.7 million steps is the total per team that it takes to “walk to Dublin.” It’s an average of about 7,000 steps a day per person.
Great question, thank you for reaching out.
Dina