Step Up For Health – Dance And Be Fit
February 50 Million Step Challenge

WHEN: Feb 1 – Feb 28

This is a fun, fitness event, where all the participants will use a mobile phone app or another tracking device to count their steps as they participate in a variety of activities during the month of May.

HERE’S THE GOAL FOR THE FIFTY MILLION STEP CHALLENGE

We plan to have individual goals and collective goals. The individual goal will be for each person to see the maximum number of steps they are able to take during the event. The collective goal is to tally up everybody’s number of steps to see if we could reach a grand total of one hundred million steps for the full month of May. Example 360 participants who average 10,000 steps a day for 28 days will accumulate a collective total of 100,800,000 steps.

Individual Goals
Platinum Challenge = 15,000 + per day
Gold Challenge = 10,000 + per day
Silver Challenge = 5,000 + per day

Team Goals
Ruby = 4,000,000 + for the month
Emerald = 3,000,000 + for the month
Diamond = 2,000,000 + for the month
Pearl = 1,000,000 + for the month

TEAM LEADERS

Douglas Hawkins
New Jersey
Team Step 4 Step

Chris Steel Edmunds
Pittsburgh, PA
Team ATU

Linda Simms
New Orleans, Louisiana
Team Lets Mess It Up Soul Line Dancing

Freddie Edmonds
Denver, Colorado
Team DSLD Fitness Crew

Clifton “Pop” Spriggs
Virginia
Team 757 Crew

Orlando Darden, Jr
Washington, DC
Team DC Life Changers

Duane Wright
Pittsburgh, PA
Team Stepping Into Tomorrow

Diedre Leseine
Pittsburgh, PA
Team Black Girls Run

Da’Necia Gray
North Carolina
Team NW Louisiana Fit Steppers

Catrina Daniel
Tennessee
Team AccounSTEPbility

Frieda Carter Smith
Chicago, IL
Team United We Step Team United We Step – Fre2Dance Line Dancers

Renee Alexander
Los Angeles, California
Team All About Dancing

Roland Ford
Pittsburgh, PA
Team Step On Up

Leigh Williams
Raleigh, NC
Team Million Steps Durham

Darlene Cheng Masamori
San Francisco, California
Team Soul Inspired Line Dance Team – SWISH Team

Isha Hutchinson
Dallas, TX
Team 410 Line Dancers

Danita Moses
Alexandria, VA
Team Keeping Pace

Lola Cya Onda Wood
Charleston, WV
Team Fit 4 Lyfe

Eric & Tish Jennings
Los Angeles, CA

Jessica R Cummings
Columbia, SC

Shimira Williams
Pgh, PA
Team TEKStart

Marcena Strain
Jacksonville, FL
Team Lavender

Eric Cofield
Pittsburgh, PA
Fit To Serve

Xan F Walker
New Haven, CT
Soleful Steppers

Zumba Gail
Pittsburgh
Push Forward Fitness

Alicia (L Boogie) Johnson
Pittsburgh
Fitness Indulge

Armatha Green
Houston, Texas
Groove 44

What is the Fifty Million Step Challenge?

This is a fun, fitness event, where all the participants will use a pedometer or tracking device to count their steps as they participate in a variety of
activities during the month of May 2021.

What is your goal for the Fifty Million Step Challenge?

We plan to have individual goals and collective goals. The individual goal
will be for each person to see the maximum number of steps they are able to
take during the event. The collective goal is to tally up everybody’s number
of steps to see if we could reach a grand total of one hundred million steps
for the full month of May.

What will this event entail?

Everyone is encouraged to participate in a range of activities including
dance, fitness, walking, running and all other forms of movement. Every
step taken during the 31day period counts.

What is your incentive behind creating such an event?

Our ultimate goal is to encourage people to acquire a Healthier Lifestyle through increased physical activity and fitness.

How can people register and participate in this event?

Participants need to complete the online registration form. Participants need
to enter their weekly step total on their digital tracking card and include the final total at the end of the month

Want to keep stepping toward better health and wellness?

Continue counting your steps after this month and be a part of our upcoming
super Step Challenges in the Summer and Fall of 2022.

For additional information contact Challenge Coordinator Roland Ford on
Facebook or email rolandford1966@gmail.com or call (412) 225-9190.

NOTES: ~ The 28 day Challenge starts Tuesday February 1 and ends on Monday February 28 You will receive a Certificate of Participation when you turn in your final reults.

Liability Release and Waiver
I intend to be legally bound, understand and agree that I am voluntarily participating in the One Million Step challenge event at my own request and at my own risk. I acknowledge that I am aware of all the risks inherent in this Event and certify that I am physically fit, have not been other-wise informed by any physician and know of no restrictions imposed on me by my own physician that would in any way prevent me from actively participating in this Event. In consideration of being permitted to participate in this Event, I, on behalf of myself, my successors in interest, heirs, assigns and representatives, herby fully release and agree to hold harmless Roland Ford, Dance And Be Fit, and all of their affiliates, their Officers, Trustees, agents, employees and representatives, successors and entitles (be they individuals or organizations, singly and collectively) (Society), together with their insurers, of and from any and all liability, claims, damages or causes of action for any reason, including, without limiting the generality of the following, death, bodily injury, property damage or any other loss or inconvenience whatsoever, suffered by me at any time hereafter occurring as a result of my voluntary participation in this Event (Liabilities). I also give permission for the free use of my name, picture and voice in any broadcast, telecast, print account or any other account in any medium of this Event.