Walk Across Arkansas
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Walk Across Arkansas Steps
 Through a modest increase in daily activity, most Americans
can improve their health. Walk Across Arkansas is a program that
persuades and motivates people of all ages to make that most important change. .
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to get started. It is a program that is simple, inexpensive, and safe. All you
need is a team of up to eight people and a desire to get moving.
Teams do not really walk or ride together, although they may
if they want to; teams simply pool their mileage each week to work towards the
chosen destination on a map posted in a convenient place for people to check.
So, dust off your walking shoes and prepare to join us in
this 8-week journey across Arkansas. Here are the "steps" to Walk Across
Arkansas.
1. Form a team (Captain and up to 7 members to walk or 3
members to ride bikes or run).
2. Captain will complete a Team Registration Form and
send / FAX it with registration fees into the county Extension office.
3. Captain will receive Captain's Packet and distribute
materials to members.
4. Fill out an Individual Registration Form and give to your
Captain (captain completes one too). Captain sends all Individual Registration
Forms to Extension office.
5. Attend the Kick-Off located at ____________________ on
____________________ at ____________________am/pm.
6. Walking/biking/running start date is ___________________
and finish date is ____________________.
7. Starting point on Arkansas map is ____________________ and
ending point is ___________________.
8. Recognition and awards will be given to the team arriving
at the end point first and to the team walking, riding or running the
most miles; the same team cannot win both awards.
9. The captain and members will record their mileage on the
Individual Mileage Log between Sunday and Saturday each week
10. Members will call their weekly mileage total to their
captain Monday of each week.
11. Captains will record their own and their members' mileage
on the Team Captain's Log, determine the total number of miles walked by the
team that week, and then call it into the Extension office by Wednesday at
5:00 PM.
12. Team miles will be noted on the Arkansas map posted at
__________ by Friday morning.
13. Large work groups with multiple teams of up to 7
members plus their captain should have captains give their team totals to a site
coordinator each week; the site coordinator then calls each of the team totals
for the entire worksite to the county Extension office; such groups may track
their own teams' progress on a map posted at their worksite as well as compete
with one another, if they wish.
14. Schools and/or classes only need to report number
of students participating and total miles walked each week to their site
coordinator who will call in the totals to the Extension office; the school may
track their progress on a map at the school. No registration forms or logs are
required for school groups. Classes may compete with each other or students vs.
teachers, etc.
15. At the end of eight weeks, team members and their captain
will complete the Walk Across Arkansas Wrap-Up; turn it in to the captain
along with their Individual Mileage Logs by ____________________.
Captains will turn Individual Registration Forms (if not already turned in),
Individual Mileage Logs, and Walk Across Arkansas Wrap-Ups and their
Captain's Log to the county Extension office by ____________________.
Captains meeting this deadline will be eligible for a prize drawing at the
Celebration and Awards Activity.
16. Recognition of winning teams will be held at
____________________ on ____________________ at ____________________ am/pm.
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