60,000 steps earns local participant prize
COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO (October 17, 2008) –
| Who: | The winner of the 2008 Right Steps challenge is Lesly Ward. She is employed by Hagadone Corporation. Her prize is either a $1,000 gas card or $1,000 in cash |
| What: | The Right Steps in Healthy Directions is an activity challenge designed to inspire and motivate participants to a more active lifestyle. Activity is tracked in steps. Participants can use a pedometer to track steps or can convert their miles or minutes of activity to steps using a conversion chart. The Right Steps was first launched in 2004 at Kootenai Health as a yearlong activity challenge for employees. Since that time it has been opened-up to other employer groups and the community. We have local community employer groups participating as well as some as far south as Moscow. Every 60,000 steps earn participants another chance to win the grand prize. The grand prize winner of the 2005 Right Steps challenge was a Kootenai Health employee. She selected a weeklong trip for 2 to England. The winner of the 2006 Right Steps challenge was a Kootenai Electric Cooperative employee. He selected a weeklong family trip for 4 to Disneyland. The winner of the 2007 Right Steps challenge was an Environment Control employee. She selected a weeklong family trip for 4 to Disney World. |
| Where: | Prize announced during a special surprise ceremony at Hagadone Corporation. Board Room, 111 S 1st St Coeur D Alene, ID 83814 (208) 667-3431 Photo opportunity |
| When: | 9 a.m. on Friday, October 17. |
About North Idaho Health Network – The non-profit North Idaho Health Network was founded in 1994 to meet the needs of the community with the belief that healthcare should be managed and delivered locally. Now, NIHN is the local, trusted resource working to optimize health by creating and promoting solutions designed to educate the community and achieve high quality, cost-effective health care. The network is comprised of the medical communities in Idaho’s five northern counties, including Kootenai Medical Center, Bonner General Hospital, Boundary Community Hospital, Benewah Community Hospital, and Shoshone Community Hospital along with area physicians. NIHN responds to the health care needs of individuals and businesses within these communities by providing the most efficiently managed health services at the local level by working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care to the people in the communities served. www.NIHN.net
