Submitted by: Lynette Cummings (Financial Services)
Purpose: To encourage movement at work during the day/week and month.
Duration: The month of September (or any month throughout the year)
Details: Create a month long walking challenge, and make it fun! You can offer prizes for getting a certain amount of steps each day/week or by the end of the month. Read what the Financial Services department did to promote walking in their department!
"We had everyone participating put the flyer up at their desk/office. Each week they kept track of how many steps they took and for each 5000 steps they got one raffle ticket. We held a raffle each week for $5 of Cougarcash and then a grand prize at the end of the month for $25 of Cougarcash. We emptied the ticket bucket after the drawing each week and then dumped all the tickets back in before we did the grand prize drawing."
Outcomes: More department productivity as they move more throughout day, weeks, and month!