Welcome to the 4-H WalkNJ Point-to-Point Challenge!
Captains: Please read the following information. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Terri Yost at or 973-285-8300 x3 OR Annette Devitt at or 856-769-0090.
- Talk to your 4-H club about participating in the challenge. This would be great to do as a club activity. 4-H teams should have at least 5 members and at least 50% of the team must be 4-H youth to participate in the 4-H challenge.
- Decide when you will participate in the challenge. The timeframe for the 2010 4-H challenge is any 8-week period between now and September 11.
- Select a team captain. This can be a leader or member. This would be a great Teen Leadership project. The team captain is responsible for registering the team, keeping track of members’ progress, and submitting final forms.
- Team registration forms are due by July 11. We do have some pedometers this year. We will distribute them to the first 250 people registered who do not already have one. Registration forms include the Team Registration Form and an Individual Registration Form for each participant. Forms should be sent to Terri Yost, 4-H Program Associate, RCE of Morris County, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963. Fax: 973-605-8195.
- Pick a date to start your program. Remember: Your 8 weeks must be between now and September 11.
- Decide which day of the week members will report to the team captain. Captains can keep track of members’ progress either on the Team Step/Miles Log form or using the Excel worksheet called Team Tracker.
- Start walking! Participants should keep track of the steps they take each day using a pedometer. Participants record their steps on the Individual Step/Miles Log form or on the Individual Tracker Excel form. The Excel form also assigns steps to the number of minutes of participation in various activities. So, instead of wearing a pedometer when playing soccer, a participant can input the number of minutes into the Excel form and it will tell the step equivalent. For example, playing soccer for 30 minutes equals 4,580 steps. Participants can also track their steps on the Walk NJ Point-to-Point web site at
rutgers.edu/walking_program/ Encourage participants to walk their normal amount of steps for the first week so they can get a baseline for their average number of steps. Then they can expand their number of steps during the following weeks.
- To keep on track you might want to schedule a weekly time for your team to walk together. Another idea is to set up a “Mid-Challenge Boost” to get together as a team to support each other.
- At the end of the 8 weeks, send a Wrap-up Form for each participant and a copy of your Team Tracker Form back to Terri Yost, 4-H Program Associate, RCE of Morris County, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963. Fax: 973-605-8195.
- The final step: come celebrate your team’s success at the state-wide celebration in October. More information to follow.
We hope you will enjoy Walk NJ Point-to-Point
TEAM REGISTRATION FORM
To officially enroll in the 4-H Challenge 2010 - Walk NJ Point-to-Point, complete this form by July 11and sent to Terri Yost, 4-H Program Associate, RCE of Morris County, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963. Fax: 973-605-8195.
Team Name: ______
Captain's Name: ______
Captain's Email: ______County: ______
Start Date: ______Finish Date: ______
If the team member does not have a pedometer from last year, put an “X” in the PEDbox.
Team Member / Telephone Number / Email Address / PED1
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Thank you!
TEAM STEP/MILES LOG
Team Name: ______
Captain's Name: ______
Captain's Email: ______County: ______
Start Date: ______Finish Date: ______
Directions:
1. Record information about each team member below.
2. At end of week, record the miles walked by each member.
3. Record any successes shared by team members (like feeling better, spending more time with your family, sleeping better, losing weight, lower blood pressure, clothes fitting better, watching less TV, etc.)
4. After the 8th week, total the miles for all of your team members. Turn in this form along with the completed Youth Individual Steps/Mileage forms and Wrap-Up forms from all your team members.
Return forms by September 17to Terri Yost, 4-H Program Associate, RCE of Morris County, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963. Fax: 973-605-8195. You will receive an email confirmation when the forms are received.
Team Member / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8 / Total1
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Total Team Miles
Average Miles Per Team Member (Average Miles = Total Team Miles ÷ Number of Team Members)
** Remember – 1 mile = 2000 steps.
So that means 214 miles = 428,000 steps.
Individual Participation Form
1.Name: ______
2. Address: ______
City: ______State: ______Zip Code: ______
4. County: ______5. Team Name: ______
6. E-mail Address: ______
7. Age: ______8. Gender: __ Male __Female
9. Ethnic Background (optional): __ Caucasian __African-American __Asian __ Hispanic
__Native American __Other (specify)______
- Currently, are you physically active at least 60 minutes 5 days a week? __ Yes __ No
How many minutes a day are you physically active at this time? ______
11. If you are physically active, which of the following fitness activities do you do now? (Check allthat apply.)
__ A. I do no fitness activity now
__ B. Walk
__ C. Run
__ D. Swim
__ E. Ride bicycle
__ F. Dance
__G. Gymnastics
__H. Sports
__I. Other
Individual Participation Form - Continued
12. Where do you do these fitness activities? (Check all that apply.)
__ A. Parks
__ B. Local gym/fitness center
__ C. Home fitness center
__ D. Local mall
__ E. School track
__ F. School
__ G. Community Center
__H. Friend’s Home
__I. Other
13. In a typical day, how many hours do you play video games that make you dance or play a
sport (like Dance Dance Revolution or Wii playing softball, baseball, tennis, and
basketball)?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___ 3 to 4 hours ___ 4 or more hours
14. In a typical day, how many hours do you sit and play other video games such as Nintendo,
Game Boy, Play Station, X Box?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___3-4 hours ___4 or more hours
15. In a typical day, how many hours do you watch TV?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___3-4 hours ___4 or more hours
Thank you!
Individual Steps/Miles Log
Name: ______Email: ______
Directions:
• Record your daily steps/miles on this Individual Steps/Miles Log.
• Turn in your weekly mile totals to your captainevery week on the day determined by your club.
• Also report any successes you have had (like feeling better, spending more time withyour family, sleeping better, losing weight, lower blood pressure, clothes fitting better,watching less TV, etc.)
• When Walk NJ Point-to-Point is over, total all your miles.
• Turn in this form along with your completed Walk NJ Point-to-Point Wrap-Upform to your captain at the end of the walking program.
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Total Steps/Miles
Each Week
(add numbers
in the column)
Steps/Miles Walked ______
Total miles you walked during8 weeks (add all weekly totalmiles in above table)
** Remember – 1 mile = 2000 steps.
So that means 214 miles = 428,000 steps.
Wrap Up Form
Name: ______Team Name: ______
Directions:
• Fill out this form after you’ve finished WalkNJ Point-to-Point.
• Send, fax, or bring this form along with your Individual Step/Miles Log to your Team
Captain.
1. Currently, are you physically active at least 60 minutes 5 days a week?
___ Yes ___ No
How many minutes a day are you physically active at this time? ______minutes
2. If you are physically active, which of the following fitness activities do you do now?
(Check all that apply.)
__ A. I do no fitness
activity now
__ B. Walk
__ C. Run
__ D. Swim
__ E. Ride bicycle
__ F. Dance
__G. Gymnastics
__H. Sports
__I. Other
3. Where do you do these fitness activities? (Check all that apply.)
__ A. Parks
__ B. Local gym/fitness center
__ C. Home fitness center
__ D. Local mall
__ E. School track
__ F. School
__ G. Community Center
__H. Friend’s Home
__I. Other
4. In a typical day, how many hours do you play video games that make you dance or play a
sport (like Dance Dance Revolution or WII playing softball, baseball, tennis, and
basketball)?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___ 3 to 4 hours ___ 4 or more hours
5. In a typical day, how many hours do you sit and play other video games such as Nintendo,
Game Boy, Play Station, X Box?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___3-4 hours ___4 or more hours
6. In a typical day, how many hours do you watch TV?
___None ___less than 1 hour ___1-2 hours ___3-4 hours ___4 or more hours
Wrap Up Form - Continued
7. Did you or your family benefit from participating in WalkNJPoint-to-Point? ___ Yes ___ No
Explain: ______
8. What did you like most about Walk NJ Point-to-Point? ______
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Thank you!