Acuity Insurance announced that the 2018 Acuity Health Challenge raised more than $12,000 to help advance maternal and pediatric care in the community.

In its seventh year, the Acuity Health Challenge featured a 5K or 2-mile run/walk. Over 700 participants took part in this year’s event, which included a new virtual race alternative that allowed people to support the cause who could not make the event in person. 

Proceeds from the 2018 Acuity Health Challenge will support the expansion of maternal and pediatric care in the community. This includes providing families with the continuum of care, beginning with neonatology through primary and secondary care, with the goal of helping patients and their families stay close to home, as well as creation of a maternal fetal medicine high-risk clinic, development of Sheboygan’s first NICU transport program, and the expansion of pediatric specialty care, particularly for neurology, pulmonology, endocrinology, and gastrointestinal fields.

“The Acuity Health Challenge reflects our commitment to wellness and our support for the well-being of the entire community,” said Ben Salzmann, President and CEO, Acuity. “We look forward to next year’s event, which we will able to hold entirely at our headquarters thanks to the completion of a 5K fitness path on site.”

Overall winners were, in the men’s division, Matthew Cooper from Green Bay with a time of 15:33 and, in the women’s division, Gabi Anzalone from Madison with a time of 17:19. The Health Challenge also included the Acuity Health Village, which featured vendors who volunteered their time to promote various aspects of health, wellness, and safety. Participants received a well-stocked goodie bag and a custom dry-wick T-shirt.