The mission: Create a sustainable, accessible, affordable and

welcoming walking program that entices your community to get with the benefits of walking during the colder, darker months of winter.

Get W.I.T.H. It! (Walking In The Halls)

Wildly Successful Grassroots Initiative Community Driven Sustainable Uses Existing Infrastructure No Costs to Participants

:A road in your community?

Planning… Local Champion; individuals or a group. Consider a Student Project

Coordinator to help… a great experience for a student interested in health promotion

Partner With Stakeholders in your community (School board, Long-Term Care Centre, etc)

Insurance (local Health Unit, School board(Example: 1 year, low risk activity $225.00)

Recruit Volunteers & Solicit Local Business Support

Communication (local paper, letters of invitation to schools, organizations…)

Promotional Material (logo, T-shirts, posters)

Present to your Town/City Council

Consider applying for grants in your region

Launching…

Local Champion(s) geared up & ready to go!

Volunteers in place

Registration/waiver forms, surveys, ‘I’m With It!’ cards

Walking routes clearly marked by level of intensity

Muscle Moment Stations hosted by students

Media (TV, print) and partners present for ribbon cutting ceremony

Free t-shirt, prizes, guest DJ

Highlights…

Twice weekly walks in a local facility hallways

All ages & activity levels

Walking tunes, PA tips, logo shirts & theme nights

Consider a Pedometer Lending Program – lots of interest!

Consider Muscle Moment Stations

Health Promotion Activities: Displays, workshops, special guests

Consider Free Transportation for those in need

Over 450 community members from a town of 4,000

(Deep River & Surrounding Area) got ‘with it’! Over 10% of the population.

… how did the very firstGet W.I.T.H. It! go?

Keys to Success… No cost to participants

Safe, accessible, all ages & abilities

Community support: Business sponsors & partners …location, transportation, physio stations, health promotion activities

High energy. Great music, enthusiastic volunteers,pedometer lending

Always a welcoming & social atmosphere

… have fun! Happy Stepping!

‘Get W.I.T.H. It’ provides an opportunity for communities to utilize schools/local facilitiesand help residents become more physically active.

The template is transferable…

are you ready to ‘Get W.I.T.H. It’?

Contact StepsCount at 1.866.342.2328 if you have any questions or would like a digital copy of our customizable templates and/or muscle stations!