{"id":65122,"date":"2021-02-18T15:38:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=65122"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:04:14","slug":"wellness-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/human-resources\/benefits\/well-u\/programs-resources\/wellness-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well-U provides University employees with unique wellness contests and challenges. These provide fun ways to incentivize wellness, for yourself and for your teams.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: The Well-U program includes periodic events or wellness challenges through which you could receive non-cash prizes or awards. Under IRS guidelines, the value of some of these prizes or awards is treated as taxable wages for reporting and withholding purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about these opportunities below.<\/p>\n<h2>University-wide Wellness Challenges<\/h2>\n<h3>Spring into action in Well-U\u2019s URochester-wide wellness challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Registration opens on Monday, April 20, and continues until Wednesday, May 8, for Well-U\u2019s Bloom wellness challenge. All University employees can create and play as a team or an individual, earn blossoms and prizes for any recorded physical activity. Get a sneak peek below and <a href=\"https:\/\/wellu.bloomspringchallenge.com\/support\/faq\">all the details here<\/a>, and then get ready to welcome the vibrant season of wellbeing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-embed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bloom Onboarding Video\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1166100456?h=fd1d0a9d7c&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1062\" height=\"597\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button button--blue\" href=\"https:\/\/wellu.bloomspringchallenge.com\/welcome\">Get the details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well-U provides University employees with unique wellness contests and challenges. These provide fun ways to incentivize wellness, for yourself and for your teams. 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