Please download this flyer to recruit teammates! Print it out and hang it around the lunch room, hand it out to fellow school leaders, or send it as an email!
Be a Wellness Warrior for Students this Spring
The Spring Healthy Kids Step It Up Challenge, powered by Health Action Council, is a national no-cost, four-week step program that promotes overall health and wellness in schools and the community. Participants will enjoy fun spring activities and share healthy recipes, while earning prizes and serving as active role models for students.
Our wellness platform partner, YuMuuv, allows participants to sync steps from their fitness device, manually enter steps, cheer on fellow steppers in the challenge chat, and view team and individual leaderboards.
Create a team for your school district and start stepping to model healthy habits, show leadership, and win money! Create and register a team made up of school administrators, educators, and parents of students. *You must be 18 years or older to participate and teams must have at least three participants.
IMPORTANT DATES:
When: March 17 – April 13, 2025
Deadline to Submit a Team Name: Tuesday, March 11
Deadline to Register Team Members: Thursday, March 13
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!
In addition to prizes, as a collective group, if we reach our step goal, we will donate $500 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Southwest. 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:
All school employees, colleagues, or parent can join. Students are not allowed to participate in the challenge. Schools are able to create more than one team.
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.