Well, Thanks must go out to the 4 (2 + 2 = you know who you are) people who joined me for the walk today. For a minute or two I thought that I was being stood up by the whole JSC community! I dodged a bullet there. I look forward to more walkers next week!

Community Walk Today

Don't forget about the Community Walk at 4:30pm today. It is such a nice day!

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 2nd and join Abbie Nelson, a chef and presenter for the Vermont FEED program that focuses on farm to school food education. She will talk at noon about preparing local foods as she shares and prepares some recipes for you to taste. This event will take place in the Stearns Stage Space 12:00-1:00p.m. Find out more about Vermont FEED at http://www.vtfeed.org/

Also as part of April’s programming on nutrition, we would like to invite you to share with your colleagues your favorite quick & healthy recipe which will be published in the Wellness Works at JSC’s First Edition Cook Book. The cook book will be presented to all at our final program where we’ll ask you to prepare your recipe for a community potluck

Please submit you favorite recipe, preferably handwritten, to Carolyn D’Luz (Academic Support Services, Dewey) or Krista Swahn, (SGA, Stearns 4th Floor) by Friday, April 3rd.

Kudo's to all you "steppers"

I am so proud of all of you for participating in this wonderful wellness activity. Remember, keep challenging yourself everyday by taking maybe one more step toward a healthier and hopefully happier lifestyle... Keep on stepping!!

Some Photos From the Kick-Off Event

Week One

OK. So I am new at this blogging thing. Week One is going OK so far, but I have not done as many steps as I would like. The weather is nice so that is encouraging. I am about to go take a walk around campous before going home.

I encourage everyone to go out and walk, but I also want to say Go Goddesses Go!!!

Pedometer Challenge

Congratulations!!

The first week of the pedometer challegne is well under way. Over 25 people joined in for the kick-off walk with President Barbara Murphy on Monday at 11:30a.m.

A second order of pedometers are in at the SHAPE Facility. Currently 23 teams have joined the eight-week challenge, that's 92 participants!!

Check in daily for updates, times to meet for afternoon walks. Send your weekly steps to your captains.

Contact members of the Wellness Works at JSC for upcoming events.

Join us for the Wellness Works at JSC Pedometer Challenge!

Regular activity, such as walking, can counteract a sedentary lifestyle and contribute to enormous health benefits, including:

A 20% reduction in breast cancer risk
A 50% reduced risk of diabetes and stroke
A 35% reduction in heart disease
Significantly reduces risk of cancer and much more...

Research proves that wearing a pedometer raises both awareness and amount of daily activity.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Sign-up this week! What you need to do is:

1) Find four teammates, fill out team roster and sign waiver. (Click here to download pdfs)

2) Drop off at the SHAPE Facility this week & pick-up pedometers.

3) Start tracking your daily steps from 3/16/09-5/15/09

4) Need a teammate or want to join a team? Reply to this e-mail, we’ll help you!

5) Join President Murphy 3/16 at 11:30 a.m. for the kick-off walk outside of SHAPE.