FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 12, 2004
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HOUGHTON ON THE MOVE

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Recently 84 Houghton College employees walked over 11,245 miles.

As part of  their wellness program, Houghton College initiated a Houghton on the Move challenge to encourage employees to take charge of their health by becoming more active. Twenty-one teams of four agreed to track their miles walked for six weeks. Through the use of a pedometer results were calculated weekly for each team.

"From a doctor's perspective, it was great to see everyone so enthusiastic about exercise; it sometimes takes something structured like this to get people motivated. As a participant I can say that there's definitely something more fun about walking when there are others doing it with you.  The 'team' aspect of the challenge was really helpful,” said Dr. David Brubaker, director of student health services at Houghton College.

The winning team, which walked over 962 miles, was awarded $300 which they donated to the American Cancer Society and Royal Family Kids Camp, a summer camp for abused, neglected and abandoned children.