Healthy Boiler Fair takes place Oct. 4 with vendors, door prizes

Human Resources-Benefits reminds employees that the Healthy Boiler Fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 4). The benefits fair, which takes place in the Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms (North and South), is the first employee benefits fair to be held since 2019. 

“We are excited to be able to host a Healthy Boiler Fair for the Purdue community,” said Candace Shaffer, senior director of benefits in Human Resources. “The fair is a great avenue for us to showcase and highlight the many benefits, resources, wellness programs and more that reflect the university’s priority on overall health and wellness. Just as our benefits do, all vendors and programs at the fair will align with one or more of the five pillars of the Healthy Boiler Program: behavioral health, financial wellness, physical health, social wellness and work-life integration.”

Thirty-six vendors and departments from Purdue and the community will be on-site, including Purdue Human Resources-Benefits. HR-Benefits staff will be able to answer questions about open enrollment for 2024 and more. Twenty-three door prizes, courtesy of several vendors, will be given away, including: Yeti water bottles, a Yeti cooler, unisex sunglasses, Amazon gift cards, an Oral B electric toothbrush, two tickets to any Purdue Convocations show and more.

A full list of vendors that will be at the fair is available here.

Benefits-eligible employees are encouraged to attend to get a firsthand look at the many benefits available to them. 

“With open enrollment for 2024 benefits just around the corner, the Healthy Boiler Fair comes at a time that we hope will be especially helpful and convenient for faculty and staff,” Shaffer said. “Our Healthy Boiler/Benefits tagline is ‘Your Benefits. Your Choices. Your Well-Being,’ and we believe strongly in that message. We hope the fair will be well-attended and will help employees engage more with their comprehensive benefits package.” 

Note: Open enrollment for 2024 benefits takes place Oct. 24 through 6 p.m. ET Nov. 7.