So far this year, there have been 32 million minutes of physical activity recorded and 58,714 children have been engaged in healthy habits and physical activities through the Live Healthy Iowa and Live Healthy Iowa Kids challenges. In September, the initiative will be kicking off their final challenge of the year—The Next Step Challenge. This six-week competition will provide a fun and motivational environment to get people moving, or moving more. An online dashboard will be made available to team members to report their steps and move their team up the leaderboard. For $10, each participant receives a Live Healthy Iowa pedometer, weekly motivational emails, access to the personal tracking page and the opportunity to win team and individual prizes. The Next Step Challenge will get underway on Monday, Sept. 12, but registration will be opening next Monday, Aug. 15 and run until Sunday, Sept. 18. For more information about the challenge, visit www.livehealthyiowa.org, and check out all of the important challenge dates, which can be found below.
Important Challenge Dates
Aug 15 – registration opens
Aug 29 – last day for roster additions without shipping fees
Aug 30 – team packets begin shipping
Sep 12 – challenge begins
Sep 18 – registration closes
Oct 21 – challenge ends
Oct 25 – last day to report
