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Get Started

Posted 2/26/2008

Join Vanderbilt’s Start Program, www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/start/, a partnership with the American Heart Association, to encourage  faculty and staff to lead a physically active life. 

Join in reaching the goal of 1,000 participants and 1 million combined steps by Oct. 31, 2008.

To get “Start”ed, go to the HEALTH Plus Web site at www.vanderbilt.edu/goforthegold and click on the green Start button to register. Check out the walking maps and upcoming walking events to keep you moving.

There are three challenges, and you can qualify for a prize for each challenge by recording your steps on the Online Step Tracker. Participants with a total of 450,000 steps at the end of Challenge 3 will also be entered in a drawing for bigger prizes.

Challenge 1: 
Feb. 1 through April 30
Participants with 150,000 steps or more receive a water bottle.
*All activities must be entered in the Online Step Tracker by May 7 at midnight

Challenge 2:
May 1 through July 31
Participants with 150,000 steps or more receive a backpack.
*All activities must be entered in the Online Step Tracker by Aug. 7 at midnight

Challenge 3:
Aug. 1 through Oct. 31
Participants with 150,000 steps or more receive a T-shirt.
*All activities must be entered in the Online Step Tracker by Nov. 7 at midnight

Walkers with a total of 450,000 cumulative steps (anytime between Feb. 1 and Oct. 31) will be entered in a drawing for larger prizes.

Contact: HEALTH Plus, (615) 343-8943

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