Phillips Walkers Surpass 6 Million Steps

By Janine Freij, member of Phillips Wellness 50+ team

Participants and supporters met Tuesday, July 26, for a potluck to celebrate the success of the Phillips Million Step Challenge. The 8-week program, sponsored by Phillips Wellness 50+, set a goal for the participants to walk one million steps collectively between our first meeting on June 7 and our final meeting on July 26.

By July 5th, we had surpassed our original goal by 1.5 million steps. The group of Philips residents, all 50 or older, kept on walking to our final night, where we learned that we had surpassed 6 million steps.

People have discovered not only the health benefits of walking, but also how much fun it is to walk with friends who support, encourage and celebrate each other”'s accomplishments and will challenge you to do even better. The food at the potluck was delicious, plentiful, and healthy, a testament to the awareness of building new healthy habits that the group embraced enthusiastically throughout the challenge.… Read the rest “Phillips Walkers Surpass 6 Million Steps”