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The annual Every Day in May Health Challenge combines various healthy habits, such as physical activity, nutrition, water consumption, and self-care practices, into a fun, friendly competition between colleagues. Sign-up today for your chance to win prizes, while reaping the benefits of healthy habits and connecting with your team!.

How to sign-up:

1. Form a team:

• Â鶹´«Ã½ employees will form teams of 4 to 7 people
• Come up with a team name
• Assign a Team Captain

1. Register/sign-up your team

• Team Captains, please visit the  Sign-up your team by Friday, May 3

How does the Challenge work?

1.  Participate in the Health Challenge

Using the Every Day in May Point Tracker (coming soon), each team member will collect points for their team between May 1 and 31, by completing the following activities:

• Being physically active
• Consuming fruits/vegetables
• Drinking water
• Practicing self-care activities
• Weekly bonus activity

1.  Submit your points weekly

Each team member is responsible for providing their weekly point total to their Team Captain.

Team Captains will use the Captain’s Tally Sheet (coming soon) to record their team member’s weekly point totals and then submit their team’s weekly total using the .

Submission dates are as follows:

• Week 1 (May 1-5), submit by Wednesday, May 8
• Week 2 (May 6-12), submit by Wednesday, May 15
• Week 3 (May 13-19), submit by Wednesday, May 22
• Week 4 (May 20-26), submit by Wednesday, May 29
• Week 5 (May 27-31), submit by Wednesday, June 5

Enhancements for the 2024 Challenge

From your feedback, the 2024 challenge is more accessible to all fitness levels and gives you more ways to collect bonus points. Here’s what’s changed:

• Categorizing your physical activity as ‘low, moderate, or vigorous’ intensity has been removed, so 1 minute of any physical activity gets you 1 point.
• We heard you say that with May’s nicer weather you take advantage of longer times of outdoor activity, so the 60-minute cap on physical activity didn’t recognize longer gardening, cycling, or walking sessions, so the physical activity cap has been set at 90-minutes.
• You asked for more ways to collect bonus points, so each week will have a drop-down of multiple options to choose from.

Are there prizes?

Yes! Beyond the fun of friendly competition and health benefits of participating in healthy habits, the prizes are :

• Top three teams with the most points (points will be averaged by the number of team members)
  • Team 1: FitBit Versa 4
  • Team 2: FitBit Inspire 3
  • Team 3: FitBit Charge 6
• Weekly Participation Prizes
  • $50 Amazon gift card giveaways for submitting weekly point totals!

Please direct questions to wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca