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Take Charge
Challenge Begins March 12
On Monday, March 12, the second annual Take Charge Challenge
begins. Sponsored by Campus Recreation, the University of Illinois
Extension (McDonough County), McDonough District Hospital (MDH),
the Western Illinois Network for Safety (WINS) and the McDonough
County Health Department (MCHD), the 10-week physical fitness/nutrition
program offers individuals a chance to change their sedentary
lifestyles.
Last year, 66 MDH employees, 24 WIU faculty
and staff and 38 students, 19 health department staff and 10 extension
personnel got up and got going. The agencies' personnel are at
it again this year, with the health department already beginning
the "challenge" with 21 employees enrolled. The hospital
will begin the program Monday, March 19. According to
Judy Yeast, CampusRecreation associate director, the "Take
Charge Challenge" is a 10-week physical activity and nutrition
incentive program designed to help everyone regardless of his
or her current level of physical activity. Yeast explained that
it uses a team, as well as personal, approach to physical activity
and fitness. The minimum goal for each participant is 50 points
for nutrition and 50 points for physical activity. Each nutrition
and physical activity goal is given a value using a point system.
If individuals are not associated with one
of the agencies listed above, but would like more information
or to sign up for the Take Charge Challenge, contact JoAnn
Hairston-Jones at the McDonough County Health Department,
837-9951 or Trent Torrance at the Extension Office, 837-3939.
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