Archive for ‘Health & Wellness’
Miles of smiles for JDRF
Fort Dodge Hy-Vee put on a great event to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. I was fortunate enough to take part in the first (and based on rave reviews, it won’t be the last) Hy-Vee Half for JDRF — a half marathon and accompanying 5k that drew a few hundred participants on [...]
Weight loss by the numbers – thanks, NuVal!
The NuVal nutrition scoring system at Hy-Vee helps customers make healthy choices by rating the nutritional density of foods on a scale of 1-100 … the higher the NuVal score, the better the nutrition. For Sally Galvin of Olathe, KS, those little numbers on the shelf tags at her local Hy-Vee added up to one [...]
This caucus season, Iowans vote for health
In less than a week, Iowa will launch the 2012 presidential nominating process with its first-in-the-nation caucuses. Republican presidential candidates are practically bumping into each other as they criss-cross the state this week — Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and more have stopped by Hy-Vee stores to shake hands and ask for votes. (With their nomination [...]
True Confessions: Why I love IronKids
It’s been a summer on the road … Back in June, we launched the Hy-Vee IronKids Midwest Series, a slate of 14 youth triathlons held in Hy-Vee communities throughout our eight-state territory. From Lawrence to Lincoln, from Sioux Falls to Cedar Rapids, I’ve watched hundreds of kids ages 6-15 take on this swim-bike-run endurance challenge. The best of [...]
Healthiest State Initiative launched
On August 10, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad held a news conference to announce the launch of the Healthiest State Initiative, a campaign to make Iowa the healthiest state in nation by 2016. Hy-Vee CEO Ric Jurgens is one of three co-chairs of this privately led, publicly endorsed effort to improve the health and well-being of Iowa citizens [...]