All school employees, coaches, colleagues, and parents can join. Students are not allowed to participate in the challenge. Schools are able to create more than one team.
Your Wellness Expedition Starts Here: Lead, Step, and Win!
This spring, discover how one small step can spark big change. The Spring Healthy Kids Step It Up Challenge, powered by Health Action Council, invites school leaders, staff, and parents to take part in a national no-cost, four-week wellness adventure that encourages overall health and wellness in schools and the community.
Each step in this challenge is about more than exercise, it’s about setting an example. As educators and school leaders, your choices shape the habits of the next generation. By joining the challenge, you’re showing students that health, balance, and perseverance are lifelong adventures worth taking. Our wellness platform partner, YuMuuv, allows participants to sync and manually enter steps, cheer on fellow steppers in the challenge chat, and view team and individual leaderboards.
Form a team for your district and take the first step toward a healthier, more active school community. Teams must include at least three participants of school administrators, educators, staff, or parents of students. (Participants must be 18 years or older.)
IMPORTANT DATES:
When: March 30 – April 26, 2026
Deadline to Submit a Team Name: Tuesday, March 24
Deadline to Register Team Members: Thursday, March 26
Here’s how to join if you participated in our past Healthy Kids Challenges in YuMuuv:
*Please note you will be joined under the same team name as the previous challenge. If you would like to switch your team name, please email [email protected]
If your team participated in past Healthy Kids Challenges, but you didn’t, please follow steps 3 and 4 below.
Here’s how to get started if you didn't participate in our past Healthy Kids Challenges:
STEP 3: ONCE YOUR TEAM NAME IS CONFIRMED;
TEAM MEMBERS REGISTER HERE
Prizes
The school district team that has the highest average total steps in the team leaderboard will win $1,500 for their school.
Other team leaderboard winners are as follows:
- 2nd: $1,250
- 3rd: $1,000
- 4th: $750
- 5th: $500
Separate prize: for Ohio Schools only, the top school districts (in each combined group) will win $1,000.
Note: For Ohio – One school from each combined group will win. Two combined groups include OHSAA regions:
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Central, East, Northeast
- Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
Your school district may have multiple teams to compete to win. However, your district cannot win the prize money for Top Stepper AND placed winners or Ohio region winner. One team cannot win a placed prize and the Ohio prize.
Compete in pop-up weekly mini challenges and win valuable prizes such as gift cards, Fitbits, gift sets, and swag! Each week brings a new “place” to explore and a new way to move such as animal walks, stair climbs, dance breaks, and more!
In addition to prizes, as a collective group, if we reach our step goal, we will donate $500 to the Ronald McDonald House of the Intermountain Area. Let’s step it up together and give back!
NEED ADDITIONAL HELP?
For questions regarding the step challenge or registration, please contact Noelle Reinhart at [email protected]
If you have additional questions or need platform assistance, please visit the YuMuuv FAQ page, learn how to sync your device, or contact YuMuuv customer support.
Frequently Asked Questions:
If you or your team haven't participated in the YuMuuv platform, please fill out this form with your desired team name and information. Once completed, our team will reach out with a confirmation and registration instructions for your team members.
Q. What devices can participate?
YuMuuv connects to a variety of fitness tracking devices including Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, Google Fit, Polar, and Suunto. To view a full list of connectable devices click here.
Q. Does everyone on my team need to sign up through the YuMuuv link?
Yes, everyone on your team needs to sign up using the invite link at the middle of the page. If you are new to the YuMuuv platform, the first person to register from each organization should create a team using this form so others can join the correct team as they register in the challenge platform.
Q. If I don’t have a fitness tracking device, can I still participate?
Yes, participants can select “Manual Entry” when prompted to sync their device. *Please note logging distance or active minutes will not convert to steps.