UnitedHealthcare Donates Hasbro’s NERF ENERGY Game Kits to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to Encourage Physical Activity
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This initiative, a collaboration between Hasbro and
UnitedHealthcare, featuring Hasbro’s NERF products, aims to help
reduce youth obesity through “exergaming” and health education
DALLAS, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UnitedHealthcare delivered 150 NERF ENERGY Game Kits, a limited-release
game that tracks physical activity and rewards kids for being active, to
the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas this afternoon. The donation is
part of a recently launched national initiative and collaboration
between Hasbro and UnitedHealthcare, featuring Hasbro’s NERF products,
that encourages young people to become more active through “exergaming.”
Throughout 2017, UnitedHealthcare will deliver a total of 10,000 NERF
ENERGY Game Kits to elementary schools and community organizations
across the country, enabling children ages six to 12 to receive the kits
at no cost.
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
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Contacts
UnitedHealthcare
Dustin Clark, 214-438-8251
dustin.clark@uhc.com
or
Hasbro,
Inc.
Jen DeAngelis, 401-727-6833
jen.deangelis@hasbro.com
