How to Start: For Companies
One of the greatest things you can do for your employees, is to get them on the road to better health. Starting a walking club at work will help them have more energy-- plus, it builds teamwork and company spirit and it's free!
Here at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, we hope to sign up some 1,500 employees for our walking program. The program, entitled “Summer Steppin'", was a big hit last year. Employees put together teams and recorded their number of steps using pedometers. The team with the highest percentage increase in steps from the start to the end of the program won a prize!
There area lots of ways you can get your company involved. Print out our corporate walking kit, make copies and design a program that works for you. Be sure to let us know what you are doing and we'll post your progress on this site to serve as an inspiration to others!
