Eat Well Live Well Challenge Numbers

Total Participants	1,132
Largest Team	Lib Well	27 members
Most Fruits & Vegetables Per Member	Buckley's Babes	20 cups
Most Steps Per Member	The Lazy Susan's	41,822 steps
All Teams Minimum Average	4.53 cups	20,453 steps

What is the Eat Well Live Well Challenge?

The Eat Well Live Well Challenge is a friendly 8-week competition among teams of employees.  It is for all University employees who are ready to get more active and want to eat healthier.  Teams will compete for a prize(s) to be awarded at the end of the challenge.

Participants will track their steps including a conversion of time or activity into steps.  Healthy eating is encouraged by challenging participants to increase the number of fruits and vegetables consumed to the recommended 5 each day.

For more information about the Eat Well Live Well program including tips on how to increase your physical activity and healthy eating habits, visit the website at www.eatwelllivewell.org.

What do you have to do?

Team Captains will need to recruit people for their team, and then challenge, support and encourage your team members.  You need access to a computer to sign up your team members prior to the start of the Challenge.  For your team members who do not have computer access, you will need to spend a small amount of time each week recording their number of steps taken and cups of fruits/veggies eaten on the Eat Well Live Well web page.

Participants will need to wear a pedometer (free with registration), record daily steps taken (or convert time or activity into steps), record daily fruit and vegetable consumption, and record the numbers weekly online or to your team leader if you do not have computer access.  You should challenge yourself and your teammates to increase physical activity and consumption of fruits and vegetables.

How do you get started?

Once you have a team formed of employees from your division (as few as 2 employees can form a team), the team leader needs to email well-u-info@rochester.edu or call 273-5240 with their name, division, email address and team name by Friday, April 11th.  The team leader will then receive an email from info@eatwelllivewell.org by Monday, April 14th inviting them to join the challenge and input their team members.  The team leaders are asked to input all team members onto the Eat Well Live Well website by Wednesday, April 16th.  The team leader will receive a packet of information and pedometers for their team members. 

An employee can be a team leader for more than one team.  However, the team leader and all team members must be employees of the same division.

How do you get started?

Once you have a team formed of employees from your division (as few as 2 employees can form a team), the team leader needs to email www.well-u-info@rochester.edu or call 273-5240 with their name, division, email address and team name by Friday, April 11th.  The team leader will then receive an email from info@eatwelllivewell.org by Monday, April 14th inviting them to join the challenge and input their team members.  The team leaders are asked to input all team members onto the Eat Well Live Well website by Wednesday, April 16th.  The team leader will receive a packet of information and pedometers for their team members. 

An employee can be a team leader for more than one team.  However, the team leader and all team members must be employees of the same division.

Eat Well Live Well Schedule

April 2 – April 8	Informational Sessions (see schedule at top of page)
Friday, April 11	Team Leaders have enrolled by emailing well-u-info@rochester.edu.
Monday, April 14	Team Leaders will have received email from info@eatwelllivewell.org inviting them to join the Challenge.
Wednesday, April 16	Team Leaders have registered team members at eatwelllivewell.org. (Pedometers and materials will be distributed at the House of 6 Nations from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m).
Thursday, April 17	EWLW Team Launch Event at Flaum Atrium from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (For team leaders only)
Sunday, April 20	Eat Well Live Well Challenge Begins!
Thursday May 1	Eat Well Food Demonstration in House of 6 Nations 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14	Challenge Ends
Friday, June 20	Winners Announced

You’ll feel better, have more energy, have fun and develop some new, healthy habits!

Are you up for the Challenge?

University of Rochester Divisions

10	Central Administration
20	River Campus
21	College of Arts and Science
22	College of Engineering and Applied Science
23	Simon School
24	Graduate School of Education and Human Development
30	Eastman School of Music
40	School of Medicine and Dentistry
50	Hospitals and Clinics
60	School of Nursing
70	Memorial Art Gallery
90	Medical Center Administration
91	Faculty Practice
92	Eastman Dental Center