Let’s Go! Garrett County
Join Garrett County’s newest well-being initiative, designed to make healthy choices, easy choices! Registering for an account is FREE, and you’ll have multiple opportunities to win great prizes as you learn tips and tricks to prevent or tackle chronic diseases.
NEW RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS! – Step/Activity Challenge Weekly Leaderboard – Week 27
WOW! We've just set a new record for the number of participants in the Step/Activity Challenge! As of today, our teams have logged a total of 30,893,996 steps/activity records! This week's top 10 leaderboard: StepsChallenger140785Terry B.89151Joy H.82182Teresa...
Fitness Fridays – Bench Fly
Looking for a little Friday motivation? Jordan is back with another Fitness Friday to showcase a new technique! Jordan, a certified trainer from Wonderfly Athletics, is going to be sharing new exercises, movements, and tips to improve your workouts, and learn the...
Go! Fitness Challenge: It’s Time To Submit Your Steps/Activity For Last Week! (4/17-4/23)
Don’t forget to submit your weekly steps/activity! To submit your steps/activity, go to https://gcinmotion.garrettcountyapps.com/ and complete the weekly step submission form. The last day to submit steps for this week is today, April 26, 2023. If you have any...
Student Winner!
The Garrett County Health Department had the opportunity to participate in a Health Fair for students at Southern High School on Wednesday, April 19th, in the Auxiliary Gym during the 3rd Period. Over 200 students participated in the event, and many of those students...
Fitness Fridays – Plank Jack
Looking for a little Friday motivation? Jordan is back with another Fitness Friday to showcase a new technique! Jordan, a certified trainer from Wonderfly Athletics, is going to be sharing new exercises, movements, and tips to improve your workouts, and learn the...
WOW! Huge Increase In Go! Fitness Challenge Participants Recorded Following The Garrett County Health Fair – Step/Activity Challenge Weekly Leaderboard – Week 26
WOW! We've just calculated this week's leaderboard, and we were shocked to see that we just recorded the highest number of participants EVER for the Go! Fitness Challenge, AND the largest 1-week jump in participants yet! Thank you all for helping us spread this...
Chicken & Vegetable Stock
Chef and the students demonstrate that making our own stock is something that we can absolutely do in our own kitchens! It's so much healthier because there is no added sodium. Low sodium helps keep our blood pressure within normal ranges and helps our hearts stay...
Essential Seasonings & Flavor Building With SGHS
Chef Rob Scardina and the students are taking their time to explain different ways to season our food so that it tastes better and is healthier for us! Starting with ground pepper, they invite us to skip the store-bought type and grind our own. There is a massive...
Meandering Monday Guided Hike
Spring is here! The forest is alive with budding native plants to see, bird calls & songs to hear, and the fresh pine scent to smell as we gently walk through the conifers, hoping to catch a glimpse of the eagles that call Herrington thier summer home. Join us in...
Fitness Fridays – Front Lunge
Looking for a little Friday motivation? Jordan is back with another Fitness Friday to showcase a new technique! Jordan, a certified trainer from Wonderfly Athletics, is going to be sharing new exercises, movements, and tips to improve your workouts, and learn the...