Vote For Farmington Hills Students in 'Healthy Habits' Video Contest

Jalen Johnson and Hailey Samples, both of Farmington Hills, are finalists in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s “Make the Play for Healthy Habits” video contest.

In January, the Blues asked fourth to eighth graders in Michigan for ways to help make Michigan healthier, and 40 students responded. The winner will be decided by public votes on aHealthierMichigan.org/kidcontest where the videos will be posted. Voting opens at noon on April 13 and runs through April 25, 2012, at 12 p.m. EST with the winner announced on May 7.

Jalen is a 4th grader at , and Hailey is a 5th grader at . Other finalists are Kailey Head, a fourth grader from North Elementary in Newport, Kate LeLone, an eighth grader from Cherryland Middle School Elk Rapids and Marissa Orzame , a sixth grader from Boulan Park Middle School in Troy.

The winning student will go on to star as a guest video blogger on aHealthierMichigan.org, and his or her school will receive a school assembly with Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions quarterback. The program was inspired by 10-year-old Marshall Reid from North Carolina, who documented his fight against childhood obesity through “Portion Size Me” videos.    

Video submissions answered the question: “What would you do to make Michigan healthier?” and include how to live a healthy life, starting with the student, their family and/or their classroom, and how to communicate healthy lifestyle choices with families and students.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is a nonprofit corporation; for more company information, visit bcbsm.com.