SIDNEY — The Live Healthy Get Active incentive program that Wilson Health and the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County are partnering on is continuing to be a huge success.
70 participants logged a total of 639 hours and 49 participants logged 994.25 miles for August.
There were a total of nine certificates earned for hours logged and two certificates earned for mileage. There has been one person reach the goal of 800 miles and 500 hours to be entered into the drawing to win their 2024 membership. As of Aug. 31, there has been a total of 4,878.50 hours and 6,130 miles logged by all the participants. To put it into perspective, you can walk round trip to Seattle, Washington after 4,646.
The incentive items earned are: certificates of achievement at multiple levels, water bottles after 250 miles or 200 hours, T-shirts after 500 miles or 400 hours. Once they hit 800 miles or 500 hours their name is entered into a drawing for a free membership renewal for 2024. Wilson Health is providing the water bottles and T-shirts and the Senior Center is providing the certificates.
It is not too late to join this program as it is an accumulative incentive program running all through the year. The only requirement is to be 50 years of age or better and a member of the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County. For more information check out their Facebook page or stop down to the Senior Center at 304 S. West Ave., Sidney. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.
