First UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS® Raleigh Fun Run Motivates Local Youth to Lead Active, Healthy Lifestyles
May 30 2015 - 2:48PM
Business Wire
More than 200 youth participated in the first UnitedHealthcare
IRONKIDS® Raleigh Fun Run today. UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health
E. Hound kicked-off the fun run, joined by Anita Bachmann of
UnitedHealthcare, and County Commissioners Caroline Sullivan and
Sig Hutchinson.
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Left to Right - County Commissioner Sig
Hutchinson, Anita Bachmann of UnitedHealthcare, Dr. Health E.
Hound, and County Commissioner Caroline Sullivan prepare to hand
out medals to more than 200 local youth as they cross the finish
line during the UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Raleigh Fun Run at the
Raleigh Convention Center. Photo Credit: Marc Kawanishi
Local athletes, ages 3-15, had the opportunity to run on the
same course as the LexisNexis IRONMAN® 70.3® Raleigh presented by
PNC, which takes place tomorrow. IRONMAN® pro-athletes Melanie
McQuaid and Matty Reed were also on hand with Dr. Health E. Hound
to help warm up the kids, and place medals on them as they crossed
the finish line.
This is the fourth year UnitedHealthcare is supporting IRONKIDS
as part of the company’s commitment to help stem the rising tide of
childhood obesity through healthy lifestyles. The UnitedHealthcare
IRONKIDS 2015 Series features nine one-mile fun-runs and a
dip-and-dash.
About IRONKIDS®
After being acquired from the Sara Lee Corporation, which owned
the event series since 1985, IRONKIDS® launched in 2009 with nine
events in the IRONKIDS® National Triathlon Series. Since the
inaugural year, IRONKIDS® has seen more than 60,000 participants
and has grown to more than 60 events worldwide including races in
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. The brand
represents a multi-dimensional approach to creating positive
experiences for athletes, families and communities, as well as
embodies achievement and determination while fostering self-esteem.
The IRONKIDS® mission is to inspire and motivate through the sport
to live an active, positive and healthy lifestyle. For more
information visit www.ironkids.com.
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 more than
850,000 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 @myUHC on Twitter.
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