Greene Walks
The Healthy Weight Initiative is pleased to report that GreeneWalks, our community walking program, was a huge success! A total of 250 residents participated in this free 8-week program, which ran from the end of August through the beginning of November. Pedometers and walking logs were distributed to participants to help track their steps
and daily accomplishments.
Apart from the grand prize of better health, six participants in the GreeneWalks program earned prizes just for walking and returning their walking log. Four participants received a $50 cash prize. In addition, one participant received a gift certificate from Red's Restaurant and one received a two-month membership to Summit Hill Health & Fitness club.
We plan to run the GreeneWalks program again in the Spring of 2010, so continue to check our website for information. In the meantime, we have posted walking signs in Athens, Catskill, Coxsackie, and Windham...so keep walking!
NEW: Hall Walking
The Rural Health Network's Healthy Weight Initiative is pleased to announce that Catskill and Cairo schools will be open for "hall" walking beginning January 11, 2010.
This is FREE and open to the public! Enjoy the safety and comfort of walking indoors, while getting your daily dose of exercise. Program is ongoing, start anytime!
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Notice:
The Cairo Elementary School & Catskill MS/HS have ended their programs for the remainder of the school year, but will re-open during the next school year. |
To learn more about this and other Healthy Weight Initiative programs, please call Melissa Scheriff at (518) 392-0657 or email Scheriff1@fairpoint.net.