Wellness Updates: Form a Team and Get Steppin’ With the Next Step Challenge!

For the fourth year, Heartland AEA is encouraging staff members to strap on their pedometers and get steppin’ with the Next Step Challenge through Live Healthy Iowa! Heartland AEA will cover the cost of participation, which is $10 per person, and agency teams of 2-10 people can compete. 

Here’s what you need to do: 

1. Get your 2-10 person team together and nominate a team captain. 
2. The team captain will then go to www.livehealthyiowa.org, click on the area that says “Join Today” on the right side of the page and enter LHIHAEA11 as the Group ID to register his/her team. 
3. The team captain will register all of his/her team members, selecting ‘LHI Pedometer’ from the promotional item drop down box for each team member who needs a pedometer. 
4. Team members will then log their steps through the Live Healthy Iowa website. The contest will being Sept. 14 and run through Oct. 23, so get a team together and sign up before Aug. 30! 

Important Challenge Dates 
Aug, 17 – registration opens 
Aug. 30 – last day for roster additions without shipping fees Aug 31 – team packets begin shipping 
Sept. 14 – challenge begins 
Oct. 23 – challenge ends 
Oct. 27 – last day to report 

If you have any questions about the program or about registering, contact Tony Chiaramonte, Human Resources Manager, at tchiaramonte@heartlandaea.org or ext. 14534 or Katie Streff, Human Resources Assistant, at kstreff@heartlandaea.org or ext. 14614.