Recent Press Releases:

Taking a moment to reflect upon our successes is so essential for our mental health. Life is full of things that keep us busy and every once in a while, let's pause and think of all that we've accomplished and just how far we've come in such a short time! What was...

Our Swanton High Steppers are on a winning streak, great job! There has been some shuffling of our leaderboard, many moved up in place while a few dropped down. Wherever you are today, know you are supported and celebrated in this online community! Movement and...

That trip across the Country must have been what made Week 3 (Oct 24 - Oct 30) such a blur! Thank you for all the comments in the posts; we appreciate learning more about your goals and motivations to increase mobility through movement! Jamie W suggested we track how...

Our Fitbit Challenge participants have logged 3.28 million steps in just two weeks! If we started our journey from Oakland, we would be coming to Aspen, Colorado, for the weekend! That's pretty impressive; I'm staying motivated by visualizing playing in these...

This is the team to beat, with 378,520 individual steps and an average of 94,630 between four people! We keep gaining traction in more ways than one! We are picking up more people weekly and increasing our step counts. Consistency is the key, and I've noticed certain...

Hello, dedicated steppers! We've received a dozen team step entries so far; it's the last day to submit for the previous week, so don't forget! We've noticed some of you added new people to your teams. That's a beautiful idea because research tells us that when we...

Congratulations! The Swanton High Steppers got moving and finished strong during our first week! They have a regular physical activity routine and demonstrated chronic disease prevention with this step log. I guess there may be improved mood, concentration, and...

We promised random prize drawings for those entered into our Fitbit Challenge; today is the first prize of many random prizes we will have fun awarding! Mary Ann is part of a multigenerational team with her daughter and two grandchildren who enjoy getting as many...

We're off to a fantastic start, several teams and individuals are participating in the Steps Challenge! We've received a lot of questions in this first week and we're using this post to publish an FAQ's list to make all the details clear. In addition, the gcinmotion...

New research released on Monday in Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02012-w gives us hope! Participants in the study wore activity trackers and had an average of 4 years of continuous monitoring. What they found was that more steps are...

It's the first day of our County Step Challenge, and we are inviting you to take those steps with the power of self-compassion! Acknowledging the difficulties in our lives and being kind to ourselves can positively affect our mental wellbeing. Our challenge isn't...

We're on a mission to keep Garrett County moving through our beautiful fall season! For those just joining us, here's a little background: to increase opportunities for people to be more physically active, an initiative called GC In Motion was launched in April of...