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The Albion College campus community surpassed the goal of logging more than 100,000,000 stepsduring the month of October, physical education professor Tom Johnson announced as faculty, staff, and students celebrated the accomplishment by halftime of the Britons' football contest against Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association rival Trine University. As of 6 p.m. on Oct. 31, Johnson said 651 members of the campus community logged 100,944,461 steps from Oct. 1-31, which is also known as National Walking Month. The initial goal of the program was to have 500 members of the college community log at least 6,500 steps per day to reach the 100,000,000-step milestone. "Theawareness created by the 100,000,000 steps campaign has reached beyond my wildest dreams," Johnson gushed. "I have given out every pedometer I have and I still have people asking for pedometers and about how they can get involved. When I walk around campus people make a point of showing me they are using their pedometer." With the 100,000,000 steps a reality, Johnson said he will continue the quest of improving the college community's behavior as it relates to wellness. quot;The goal before the end of the semester is to have faculty, staff, and students complete a health risk behavioral survey," Johnson said. "That will help lower riskfactors." |
