PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 25, No. 7, Oct. 6, 2005

Campus community invited to join 2005 UI Walk Toward Wellness

Put your best foot forward and participate in one of the largest events the Urbana campus has ever hosted. Grand Marshals Chancellor Richard and Susan Herman and Yashiro Hatano, “Father of the 10,000 Steps a Day,” will lead the 2005 UI Walk Toward Wellness on Oct.14. Participants will take a 3,000-step, approximately 30-minute, walk after an introduction by Interim Provost Jesse Delia and an overview of the Culture of Wellness Initiative. Various campus and community agencies will have booths on the Quad where participants can learn about the six dimensions of wellness.

Registration for the walk will begin at 11 a.m. at a tent on the Anniversary Plaza on the south side of the Illini Union. The walk will begin at noon. Participants should print and complete the registration form that is available online at www.counselingcenter.uiuc.edu/WellnessWalk.htm and bring it to the tent to register.
The first 2,000 registrants will get mini-backpacks filled with prizes, including a pedometer and a water bottle.
The event has been designated an approved event; Civil Service employees may be released from work to attend for up to one hour without loss of pay, department operations permitting, and with appropriate supervisory approval. The approved time may be combined with their lunch breaks.

For more information, contact Lisa Burgoon, chair, at 244-0261 or Lburgoon@mhc.uiuc.edu.

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