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Walk the World
With our theme of "Walk the World" this year, we will share tips with you on how other places encourage walking.

 

Weeks 7-9 The Grand Finale: Australia!

The Australian government has a great program called "Around Australia in 40 Days Walking Challenge" to encourage secondary school students to increase the amount of movement they do each day. They also loan out pedometers and give prizes of $2500-$10,000 playground equipment  to the winning schools. Check it out!

 

Weeks 4-6: Tokyo to London

In England there is an extensive walking program. Pedometers are loaned out so you can form the habit of walking. Check out the information on their website to help you with your fitness and walking. There are lots of tips and a wealth of information.

Weeks 1-3: Mexico to Hawaii
In Mexico they like to take advantage of the yearly pilgrimages for exercise such as San Miguel Walk Program for CASA. This 3-day pilgrimage is a once in a lifetime event for anyone who attends.

In Hawaii you will find information all over the communities about the "Step it up" Hawaii program including television, radio and poster ads. This program is designed to encourage everyone to get out and walk 30 minutes a day 5 days a week!

Stop in to our Winamac office and pick up some info on this Hawaiian based program and get a great surprise for your team! (116 E Pearl Street)

Weekly Leaders in Walk It!
 AveWeek 9 - final week 
 42.1The Turtles 
 363 Crazy Ladies 
 35Doctor Distance 
 AveWeek 8 
 43The Turtles 
31 3 Crazy Ladies 
30 Doctor Distance 
Ave Week 7 
 41.33 Crazy Ladies 
 34.3The Turtles 
 30.9Doctor Distance 
 aveWeek 6 
 31.9Doctor Distance 
 30.5GHC Girls 
 28.4The Turtles 
 aveWeek 5 
 35.9The Turtles 
 28.73 Crazy Ladies &
Doctor Distance 
 26.6The Talkers 
 aveWeek 4 
 43.3The Turtles 
 31.3GHC Girls 
 30.2Doctor Distance 
 aveWeek 3 
 41.8The Turtles 
 31GHC Girls 
28.5Doctor Distance
aveWeek 2 
24 WCHS
23.5Doctor Distance 
21.33 Crazy Ladies 
Week 1 
28.5 The Turtles
27.5Guys & Gals 
24.2WCHS 
We have 56 teams participating!
Walk it Winners!
We had 91% participation with 44 of the 54 teams turning in their miles every week in our 9-week Walk it program!
 
Top Three Teams with Bonus Miles:
The Turtles     402.3
 Joyce Thomas, Captain, Matt Kopka, Melanie & JeanettePursifull
3 Crazy Ladies    338
Dawn Bailey, Captain, Kathy Price, Denise Hettinger
GHC Girls       322.7
Jamie Glasford, Captain, Laura McCarty, Betty Gebhardt, and Virginia Cooke
 
Top Three Teams w/o Bonus Miles
The Turtles    322.3
3 Crazy Ladies   263
Doctor Distance     259.1
Dr. Mark Heal, Captain, Angie Fox, Kim Anderson, Sam Pugh, Becky Kopka
 
Bonus miles were awarded for new team members and for participating in the information shared through out the program. As a result, we had several returning teams with new members and several new teams too! This helped us with our overall goal of getting more people walking.

Special Note: Honorable Mention
Galbreath Inc. had 3 teams who were all consistent walkers. Cheers!
Connie Scott headed up 3 teams, Braun Babes, Steve's Girls and Team 1. Cheers!
EPES Fit & Fab, Fab Five, Guys & Gals and Windy Walkers were consistent in high mile
 
 
Walk it stories!
If you're not walking lots 'o miles like our leaders, no worries! The goal is to walk more! Here's some inspiration from a Walk It participant:
 Anyways...I only had 2 miles last week. (weather) but, making an effort to improve each week. I've already gone DOWN one jean size, working on the second! I love it! Love the way I feel after I "powerwalk"; makes me sleep better too! And, it's one of the few things I can do since my stroke- it's increasing my strength/endurance.