Join the Billion Step Walking Challenge!
Healthy for Life is sponsoring a walking challenge of epic proportions! Full-time and part-time faculty and staff of MU, MUHC, MU Extension, and UM System can sign up for this 10-week challenge. Instead of competing against one another, this challenge has us putting our steps together to achieve 1,000,000,000 steps!
About the challenge:
- From May 23 to August 1, 2016 (registration opens May 16).
- Free and open to all faculty and staff (part-time and full-time).
- Eligible for Tier 2 points in the 2016 Wellness Incentive*.
- Weekly raffle drawing for prizes.
Signing up is easy:
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Log in to the Healthy for Life Wellness Portal: www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu (powered by Cerner).
- Create a Wellness Portal account if you don’t have one already (if you need assistance, check out this User Guide).
- Once logged in, find the “Walking Challenge” banner in the dashboard, then click on the “sign up” button.
Don’t have a step tracker?
- Healthy for Life is offering free mini manual pedometers upon request (an Excel spreadsheet will be provided for logging daily steps).
- Discounted Fitbits are available at the University of Missouri Campus Store or any MU Pharmacy location and may be eligible for a rebate. Please visit the Million Step Pedometer Program website for more information.
For more information contact Blaine at SnowB@umsystem.edu
Incentive-eligible employees can earn 50 points toward the 2016 Wellness Incentive* by tracking 350,000 steps (5,000 daily average).