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Monday, August 1, 2011

Wellness Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to the Five Fayas Fanatic's from New Page. They won the Wood County Lifestyle Challenge by completing the most activities. You each won three personal training sessions at the YMCA in Wisconsin Rapids! Congratulations!

The Electric Girls from J& B Electric won the drawing for 2 nights of electric camping at any Wood County Park and Toni Joosten from MSTC won two tubing tickets at Powers Bluff. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again for participating in the Wood County Lifestyle Challenge!

Our wellness challenge may be over for the summer, but yours doesn't have to end! Create teams in your family/neighborhood/work or make a personal challenge for yourself. See how many points you can get a day, how many can you get in a week?!

Here are some ideas for points, but think up some of your own thatwork best for your challenge:



1 point for 30 minutes of physical activity

1 point for a salad of fresh greens

1 point for a snack that is only fresh fruits and veggies

1 point for learning how to read food labels

1 point for going to your farmers market

1 point for attending a local food event or demonstration

1 point for learning about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)


*HINT: our website has lots of resources to help you do ALL of these things! *

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