What is Get Healthy Virginia?

Get Healthy Virginia, a program of the Virginia Amateur Sports, is a health and wellness program whose goal is to encourage Virginians to develop nutritional eating habits and increase physical activity through teamwork and friendly competition in effort to combat the state’s growing obesity problem.

The key component of Get Healthy Virginia is teamwork. Having other people who share a common goal, who will work together and who will encourage each other throughout the process is vitally important to the success of the program. Participants benefit greatly from the personal support and camaraderie that is derived from teamwork and it is an aspiration of Get Healthy Virginia to have teams from every county of the state participating.

To learn more about us, please visit us at: Commonweath Games of Virginia

What are our participants saying?

"Our team, the Lake Loonies, participated in the 2011 Get Healthy VA contest and won the title in the "amount of miles logged" category. Each member expressed how the competition helped them stay focused on increasing their activity levels. The miles were logged with pedometers and different activities such as playing basketball, doing housework and mowing the grass… all converted into miles and recorded. Each member lost weight and improved their overall fitness levels. Even a year later we all agree that the Get Healthy VA competition was a good jump start to improving our overall health. Our eating habits also improved. Being a competitive group, we had tons of fun and were determined to bring home the prize..... and we did!" ~ Professional Therapies

What categories are offered for my team?

Teams can compete in one or both of the categories. The entry fees cover both categories.

1) Weight Loss - due to healthy, appropriate diet
2) Accumulated Activity - in the form of activity miles

Weight Loss Category

• 'Honor' team weight is submitted and reported monthly
• Weight loss is based on the total % loss by the team

Accumulated Activity Category (in miles)

Our goal in Get Healthy Virginia is to get people more active. Activity miles can range from parking at the back of the lot, taking the steps, gardening, shoveling snow or recording your daily workout on the treadmill. Program officials are leaving it up to the team/participants to decided what activities they want to record. For more activity ideas visit MyPyramid.gov.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals as well as certificates will be awarded to the teams reaching top levels of achievement.

What are the roles and rewards of being the team captain?

• Registers team
• Motivational leader
• Receives support from Get Healthy Virginia officials

Who benefits from the program?

Everyone! Individuals who along with friends and family work toward establishing healthier lifestyles, companies that integrate the program into their employee wellness programs, cities and counties who are working toward helping their residents combat the growing obesity and no leisure time activity problems facing the Commonwealth.

What is the cost of the program?

There is a standard charge of $15 per participant for our program. If you register by March 10th, you the cost is at a discounted rate of $13 per person. Please note that all sales are final and no refunds are issued for unused or cancelled memberships.

Contact info:
Virginia Amateur Sports
711-C 5th Street NE
Roanoke, VA 24016
ph. 540-343-0987