Troy Marx & Amber Black of Upland Hills Health Human Resources Department model the T-Shirt gift for wellness challenge participants reaching the 500,000 step milestone.

Upland Hills Health staff logs over 124,950,000 steps in recent wellness walking challenge

Upland Hills Health recently completed their MOVE TO IMPROVE employee fitness challenge. Over 200 employees invested in pedometers to participate in the 6 month wellness walking challenge.

“It was a chance for us to motivate our staff to live a healthier lifestyle,” stated Troy Marx, Director of Human Resources at Upland Hills Health. “As a healthcare organization we spend a lot of time educating others on how to life a healthier life.This was a chance for staff members to practice what they preach.”

The program rewarded staff members at different step milestones. Gifts ranged from T-shirts and duffle bags to an MP3 player for those reaching the million step milestone.

The organization hopes this initial program motivates staff to keep moving and using their step log book. While actual impact on the staff’s overall health can’t be measured there are individual stories of personal success. Most importantly staff had a fun opportunity to improve. Planning for other potential wellness programs has already begun.