Let the Games Begin!

March 1st is the first day of the Stair Challenge. For the next month, remember to count your stair stepping! Each flight counts as 1, whether it's going up or coming down...so you can count "2" just by going from the 1st floor to the 2nd, and coming back down.

We wish you the best of luck as you "climb your way to the top" of the winners list. Please feel free to e-mail us at urmcstairchallenge@gmail.com with any questions.

The Excitement!

The team names have been rolling in throughout the day...way to make a Strong showing!

Team name, # of members

• Clean Sweep I, 4
• Clean Sweep II, 4
• MCFO Stair Unit, 2
• Rad Onc Cellar Dwellars, 6
• Techtransfer, 6
• Blank Stairs, 10
• EOU StairMasters 1, 8
• EOU Stair Masters 2, 7
• Psych ISG, 5
• The Weaners, 9
• Eyes on the Prize, 9
• Go With the Flow 1, 7
• Satin Sheets and Cabbage Soup, 3
• Flight Risk, 2
• Step Up and Over Step Aside, 10
• Kirch Kickers, 9
• Knuckle Draggin Scalpel Jockeys, 3
• Bacon Bits, 7
• NICU Baby Steps, 10
• Frumpy Lab Techs, 10
• Speech Steppers, 6
• Arrythmia, 10
• Miner League, 6
• Lemon Poppyseed Muffin Tops, 6
• Cheese Kugans, 6
• HW Haulers, 10
• Go with the Flow 2, 8
• Team 814, 4

Tell your friends

Registration for Stair Challenge 2010 will come to a close Friday February 26. If you have friends who haven't signed up yet, get them in on the competition!

More great teams have joined
Team name, # of members

• Hershey Kisses, 10
• Step Aside, 9
• Sussman Steppers, 8
• Rockettes, 3
• CW Climbers, 6
• NMPP Lab, 10
• Team Campbell, 2
• Team SICU 2, 9
• Healthy Living Steppers, 10
• The Ganglionic Superstars, 10
  

Newest groups to join the stair challenge

Thanks for signing up!

Team name, # of members

• Fierce Steppers, 9
• "Auntie" bodies, 2
• NMD Pacers, 6
• Ascending Neurons, 9
• Up in Smoke, 5
• Marketing Marchers, 8
• Team CRN, 9
• Untouchables, 4
• Strong Chaplains, 6
• Stairway to ?, 8
• Transformers, 10
• Strong Bones, 10

Register this week

Just a reminder that you can register for the stair challenge on this blog site or drop off a paper registration at the Food and Nutrition office through Friday February 26th. For blog site registration, scroll down and don't forget to click the "submit" button. Thanks!

New teams join the challenge

Welcome to the following teams who've joined the stair challenge

Team name, # of members

• Good Fibrillations, 3
• Triumphant Legs of Steel, 8
• Peds ED Pedometers, 10
• CABG PATCH KIDS, 7
  

And the Challenge is on!

Getting ready for the March 1st start date, five teams have already signed up to be part of the challenge.
Welcome:

Team name and # of Members

• Team SICU, 9
• Go with the Flow, 7
• Social Steppers, 5
  
• Hungry Hearts, 9
• Trans-Steppers, 8

Welcome to the Stair Challenge!

We're glad you've decided to join with a Strong team to climb to health and fitness! Remind your team that using your legs for transportation not only cuts out the waiting time at the elevator, but boosts your metabolism and helps maintain and lose weight. We will be sending weekly reminders to enter the number of floors your team has completed during the week. By the second week we'll be able to report the most improved teams. Please find the registration below if you would like to register online. Thanks from the Dietetic Interns!

Registration Form

Stair Challenge Information

March 1st - March 26th, 2010

• Dates
o Sign up by February 26th
o Team Leaders submit weekly total every Friday (March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th)
o Winners announced every Monday: (March 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th)
o Grand Prize winner announced March 31st

• Teams
o 2-10 members
o Open to all URMC staff, students, and volunteers

• Register
o By February 26th at 4:00pm
o Pick a team name and a team leader (someone with email access!)
o USE THE REGISTRATION FORM ON THIS BLOG WEBSITE
o OR using our paper registration form which can be picked up in the Food and Nutrition Services Office (across from the House of Six Nations Cafeteria)

• Points
o Counting:
- Count the number of floors climbed each day for each team member.
Ex. taking the stairs from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor = 2 floors
- Climb up or down the stairs
- Only stairs at work counto Team Members: report your individual weekly total number of floors to your team leader.
o Team Leaders: compile all team members’ individual weekly totals and report the team’s total using the electronic form. Once you receive the form via e-mail, complete the form and click submit to send your totals to us!

• Prizes
o Weekly winner will be based on each team’s average number of floors per person.
- In the electronic tally form, teams can also nominate a “shining star” each week to recognize outstanding team members.
o Overall winners will be the team that climbs the most stairs and the most improved team.