Heartland Staff Walk Over 107 Million Steps During Next Step Challenge

During the Next Step Challenge held in September and October, 60 teams of Heartland staff members competed in the walking challenge. Many teams took the competition seriously and really got into the spirit of things. We hope everyone enjoyed the friendly competition and the health benefits that come from increased walking and other fitness activities. Incentives for the top teams include radio pedometers, travel/workout bags, wrist wallets (for holding keys/cards when walking/jogging) and winners get a custom piece of Heartland-logoed wellness clothing. 

Totals from the challenge are below. 
Total steps for Heartland AEA staff: 107,876,473 
Total miles walked by Heartland AEA staff: 53,938 

1st Place: 
Heartland Stalkers: Teri Hazen, Jill Crees, Jan Morgan & Jane Quanbeck (Average steps per person was over 668,000 steps and average miles per person was over 334 miles) 
2nd Place: 
Charlie Tango: Jennifer Downs, Heidi Webber & Brianna Sayre Geiser (Average steps per person was over 614,000 steps and average miles per person was over 307 miles) 
3rd Place: 
Ewalks: Katie Streff, Gina Menke, Janice McMurry, Brianne Magel, Lisa Lumbard, Deb Longnecker, Connie Kellogg, Tuan Dao, Melanie Dao & Jan Carl (Average steps per person was over 608,000 steps and average miles per person was over 304 miles)