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June Challenge Up and Stepping

6/2/2017

Remember to record your activity. 215 brave souls…and counting. Feet are a bit sore, but the spirit is locked in. A bit too early for yesterday’s returns.

Camden – 3
ChartLocal – 3
Covington – 11
Gainesville – 13
Great Bend – 25
Hinesville - 10
MNC of Tennessee – 5
Manteca – 1
Morris Caribbean – 2
Monroe – 5
MNC of Wisconsin – 13
Morris Technology – 6
Oakdale – 8
Corporate – 8
Savannah Media – 6
Statesboro & Regional – 6
Turlock – 1
WCBI – 7
WDEF – 9
WMGT – 7
WTVQ - 4
WWAY – 27
WXXV – 21

Plus 15 who we’re at 215 – WOOHOO!

To register:

https://www.10kactivityprogram.com/register/e0b942f39e83302d3ccff298ebb54249

To record:

https://www.10kactivityprogram.com/

here to edit.

We Survived and Thrived!

11/15/2016

To all,

We survived the election and are now waiting for all results to be tabulated. As a total group we averaged just under 12,800 steps, which is excellent.

The following are the top 25 individuals in the contest (personally, my feet hurt just looking at these numbers!!!) in terms of average steps per day, with at least 20 days registered:

Steve Hunte                          Morris Caribbean                 40,595
Hunter McCumber               Statesboro                             33,160
Marlin Nesmith                     Statesboro                             32,384
Sheila Jones                        WCBI                                      29,643
Dale Hogg                             Great Bend                            26,201
Joshua Hoisington              Great Bend                            22,872
Jason Houtakker                  Wisconsin                             21,146
Tyler Swank                          Great Bend                            19,516
Mary Hoisington                   Great Bend                            19,342
Shonita Swank                    Great Bend                            18,832
Diane Lacy-Trostle              Great Bend                            18,753
Loretta Johnson                   Statesboro                             18,695
Chris Brownell                     Wisconsin                             18,596
Annette Benton                    Covington                             18,565
Richard Kurazawa               Corporate                              18,423
Mike Newberry                     WDEF                                    16,935
Patty Leon                             Hinesville                              16,848
Michael Doyle                      WDEF                                    16,465
Megan Lewis                        Gainesville                            16,333
William Holiday                    Morris Technology               16,057
Michael Hestand                  Great Bend                            15,240
Barb Puckett                         Wisconsin                             14,746
Cynthia Warren                    Covington                             14,322
Dustin Master                       Great Bend                            14,002
Jana Hestand                       Great Bend                            13,876

And a big kudos to Great Bend who again blew away the participation rankings with 23 individuals logging more than 20 days!!! And if you think the upcoming Tennessee-Kentucky football game is competitive this year, take a gander at WTVQ and WDEF slugging it out for bragging rights – WOOHOO! The top 15 groups as of 11/10/16 are as follows:

Morris Caribbean                 35,378
Statesboro                             23,944
WCBI                                      19,974
Manteca                                 17,244
Corporate                              14,660
Great Bend                            12,957
Wisconsin                             12,784
Morris Technology               12,726
WTVQ                                    12,635
WDEF                                    12,627
Hinesville                              12,430
Oakdale                                 11,737
Covington                             10,992
Gainesville                            9,663
WWAY                                   9,622

The final tally of the last four days will make it very interesting on how the final group shakes out.

Recap through Friday, November 4

11/9/2016

To all,

A quick recap through Friday, November 4.

Morris Caribbean                 34,891
Statesboro Publishing        25,963
WCBI                                     21,051
Savannah Corporate          14,788
Great Bend Tribune             13,185
WDEF                                    13,181
Wisconsin                             12,890
WTVQ                                    12,642
Morris Technology               12,624
Hinesville                              12,446

Individual leaders through November 4 with at least 20 days registered:

Steve Hunt                Morris Caribbean                 40,925
Marlin Nesmith         Statesboro                             32,749
Sheila Jones            WCBI                                      29,652
Dale Hogg                 Great Bend                            26,085
Tyler Swank              Great Bend                            21,080
Loretta Johnson       Statesboro                             19,439
Mary Hoisington       Great Bend                            19,213
Richard Kurazawa   Corporate                              18,598
Annette Benton        Covington                             18,565
Shonita Swank        Great Bend                            18,502

One week to go – the bottom tier remains very close for finish in the top 10. Best of luck the last week!

Update through Sunday, October 23

11/2/2016

To all,

Not all steps are in, but the following is a recap through 10/23, with a very close race in the 5 through 10 spots:

Top 10 Teams
Morris Caribbean     34,335
Statesboro                 25,502
WCBI                          19,703
Corporate                  15,657
WDEF                        13,365
Great Bend                13,156
WTVQ                        12,791
Wisconsin                 12,734
Oakdale                     12,201
Hinesville                  12,096

As a group we are still exceeding 12,577 average steps per day.

Individual top 10 (with at least 10 days recorded):
Steve Hunte              Morris Caribbean     42,112
Hunter McCumber   Statesboro                 35,705
Marlin Nesmith         Statesboro                 32,262
Sheila Jones            WCBI                          27,528
Dale Hogg                 Great Bend                25,303
Joshua Hoisington Great Bend                23,340
Shonita Swank        Great Bend                20,939
Tyler Swank              Great Bend                20,930
Annette Benton        Covington                 19,612
Chris Brownell         Wisconsin                 19,223

Outstanding job to all. Time to raise my game – running (and sweating) at lunch.


Morris Multimedia (Start Page)
http://www.cornerstonefitness.com/morrisinmotion/10ksteps.html

We will continue to update both via e-mail and through our wellness website, as follows:

http://www.mmiwellness.com/

Thank you for your time and interest!

Jeff

Jeffrey R. Samuels
VP/CFO
Morris Multimedia, Inc.

Step 10 Challenge: Wellness Injection to Survive the Election - Update

10/20/2016

To all,

An update through Sunday, October 16 (one week of results), assuming most daily steps have been input. 95 individuals (so far) are actually tracking their average steps, AND WE AS A GROUP ARE AVERAGING OVER 13,000 STEPS PER DAY. DYNAMITE!!! The standings by team:

Morris Caribbean 30,888
Statesboro 23,359
Hinesville 20,298
Corporate 17,306 (woohoo!)
WCBI 16,129
Great Bend 13,446
WDEF 12,882
Oakdale 12,810
WTVQ 12,636
WWAY 11,734

Also, Wisconsin, Covington, Morris Technology and WXXV are all averaging over 10,000 steps per day. A capital WOOHOO!

My Personal Pledge (that has the promise to impress all…except Steve Hunte and the rest of our top 10) – if the Cubs win the World Series, I will do a 40,000 day before this challenge is over and end it with the ice bucket challenge…and not die in the process.

Individual masters of the stepping universe (with 7 days):

Steve Hunte                         Morris Caribbean     43,488 (We Are Not Worthy!!!)
Hunter McCumber              Statesboro                 33,329
Marlin Nesmith                     Statesboro                 31,582
Sheila Jones                        WCBI-TV                   26,164
Dale Hogg                             Great Bend                25,865
Tyler Swank                          Great Bend                23,307
Shonita Swank                    Great Bend                21,747
Patty Leon                             Coastal Courier        20,297
Annette Benton                    Covington/Mike’s     19,874
Richard Kurazawa               Corporate                  18,816

Kudos to Great Bend for the best participation (again) in the group with 25 participants. Just awesome.

It has definitely been more challenging with this time of the year more busy than some of the others, but that’s why it’s called a Challenge!!!

Thank you for your time and interest!

Jeff

New Competition Starting Soon!

10/3/2016

To all,

To continue with our wellness initiative and to give us all a distraction from this election season, Morris in Motion will launch a Fall 2016 contest starting October 10.

The challenge will run through November 13 and will award two team and two individual prize winners – team with the most average steps and team with the most average step improvement over the original contest in the spring of 2015, and individuals with the same. We’ll also award the individual with the most average steps as well as individual with the greatest improvement.

Local contests are also encouraged, though many of you are already doing so.

The contest is open to employees, spouses and dependents. If you need additional pedometers, let Jennifer Delgado-Cruz know as soon as you can.

We will continue to use the step equivalent chart attached, but this challenge will be a “motion” challenge – we will not include “standing desk equivalents” this go around.

Use the following link to register (you will need to re-register) and choose the proper location to do so.

Morris Multimedia (Start Page)
http://www.cornerstonefitness.com/morrisinmotion/10ksteps.html

-Individuals should go ahead and fully register into the program for review and testing. Make sure to choose the correct team you will join for the challenge.
-Note: Participants will not be able to report steps until official start date of 10/10/16.

We will continue to update both via e-mail and through our wellness website, as follows:

http://www.mmiwellness.com/

Hope to see one and all on the start line. Have a great time, but make sure to hydrate!
cornerstonefitness.com

Step 10 to and from RIO: XXXI Olympiad - XXXI Step Olympians!!!!

6/24/2016

Recognizing the top mileage accumulation for the Step 10 Challenge to (and from) Rio. XXXI Olympiad. Top 31 mileage accumulators. Kudos, kudos, kudos!!!

Wee Sabastian - Gainesville Times 615.83 miles
Hogg Dale - Great Bend Tribune - 609.16
Jones Sheila - WCBI-TV - 545.02
Hoisington Mary - Great Bend Tribune - 504.05
Franklin Kimberly - WWAY-TV - 471.94
Nesmith Marlin - Statesboro and Regional - 469.01
Kiewel Daniel - Great Bend Tribune - 455.55
Purvis Debbie - Barrow County News - 440.89
Swank Tyler - Great Bend Tribune - 428.71
Funk Samantha - Great Bend Tribune 411.93
Swank Shonita - Great Bend Tribune - 409.94
Samuels Jeff - Savannah Corporate - 359.57
Hestand Jana - Great Bend Tribune - 356.52
Swendra Mark - Morris Technology - 340.84
LacyTrostle Diane - Great Bend Tribune - 335.75
Griffin Heather - Forsyth and Dawson - 323.67
Audus James - Great Bend Tribune - 314.18
McCumber Hunter - Statesboro and Regional - 313.42
Newberry Mike - WDEF-TV - 296.69
Hoisington Matt - Great Bend Tribune - 295.11
Kurazawa Richard - Savannah Corporate - 292.66
St. Laurent Melissa - Morris Technology - 292.52
Leon Patricia - Coastal Courier - 282.14
Tate, Jr TJ - WCBI-TV - 281.52
Puckett Barbara - Wisconsin - 280.82
Clark James - Southern Standard/Smithville Review - 276.24
Lewis Megan - Gainesville Times - 273.22
Pringle Steve - Great Bend Tribune - 270.35
Stone Tyler - Morris Technology - 262.5
Craven Dorothy - Barrow County News - 260.17
Landon Gloria - Wisconsin - 257.13

6/19 - We Did It!!! 30,367 miles

6/24/2016

With 1,828 miles, we nearly had enough on the last day to travel from Temple, Texas to Great Bend, Kansas, site of our biggest contribution to the challenge, and then make it make to virtually any site on the east or west coast with the roughly 1,250 miles remaining. Great job everyone!

Noteworthy in particular are the following, who logged 30 days or more worth of steps. Thank you and great, great job!!!

Beckwith Dan - Gainesville Times
Benton Annette - Covington/Mike's
BOOTH JENNIFER - WWAY-TV
Burgamy Debbie - Barrow County News
Clark James - MNC of Tennessee
Clark Devona - MNC of Tennessee
Dan Jim - Forsyth/Dawson
Daniels Michael - WTVQ-TV
Eng Jeffrey - WWAY-TV
Fletcher Hosanna - Covington/Mike's
Fox Kathryn - Coastal Courier
Franklin Kimberly - WWAY-TV
French Amy - Forsyth/Dawson
Girard Andrew - WXXV-TV
Griffin Heather - Forsyth/Dawson
Griffith Ira - Gainesville Times
Henderson Brenda - WWAY-TV
Henderson Makenzi - WWAY-TV
Hestand Jana - Great Bend Tribune
Hoisington Mary - Great Bend Tribune
Ingram Walt - WXXV-TV
Ingram Donna - WXXV-TV
Ivie Kerri - Gainesville Times
Johnson Loretta - Statesboro and Regional
Jones Sheila - WCBI-TV
Kiewel Daniel - Great Bend Tribune
Kurazawa Kathy - Savannah Corporate
Kurazawa Richard - Savannah Corporate
Lacy-Trostle Diane - Great Bend Tribune
Leroy Jeff - Great Bend Tribune
Lewis Megan - Gainesville Times
McCumber Hunter - Statesboro and Regional
McQueen Charlene - WXXV-TV
Merritt Carole - WWAY-TV
Miller Leslie - Coastal Courier
Mischner Mike - Camden Media Company
Patterson Shana - Forsyth/Dawson
Preusser Charley - Wisconsin
Pringle Steve - Great Bend Tribune
Puckett Barbara - Wisconsin
Purvis Debbie - Barrow County News
Rogers Derek - WCBI-TV
Samuels Jeff - Savannah Corporate
Sanchez Mario - Gainesville Times
Spears James - WXXV-TV
St. Laurent Melissa - Morris Technology
Starling Foss Jenny - Statesboro and Regional
Sullivan Joe - WXXV-TV
Swank Shonita - Great Bend Tribune
Swank Tyler - Great Bend Tribune
Swendra Mark - Morris Technology
Tate, Jr TJ - WCBI-TV
Thacker Susan - Great Bend Tribune
Vanatta Phyllis - MNC of Tennessee
Wagner Tim - WTVQ-TV
Wee Sabastian - Gainesville Times
Wermers Jason - Coastal Courier
Byers Karma - Great Bend Tribune
Coons Veronica - Great Bend Tribune
Craven Dorothy - Barrow County News
Devine J.K. - Gainesville Times
Ellington Amanda - Covington/Mike's
Grajko Susan - Covington/Mike's
Greenway Betsy - Camden Media Company
Hardeman Erica - Covington/Mike's
Hoisington Matt - Great Bend Tribune
Jackson Glenda - WXXV-TV
Leon Patricia - Coastal Courier
Lisa Sanchez - Coastal Courier
Nesmith Marlin - Statesboro and Regional
O'Halloran Gary - WWAY-TV
Parson Denise - Gainesville Times
Smothers Jalee - WXXV-TV
Sparks Don - WTVQ-TV
Stone Tyler - Morris Technology
Walker Sharon - WXXV-TV
Welch Steven - Gainesville Times
Audus James - Great Bend Tribune
Burke Eric - WTVQ-TV
Byers LeeAnnn - Great Bend Tribune
Keller Joshua - Great Bend Tribune
Knight Rob - WXXV-TV
Patrick Hannah - WWAY-TV
Pringle Linda - Great Bend Tribune
Dawes Grant - Great Bend Tribune
Funk Samantha - Great Bend Tribune
Helton Kevin - WWAY-TV
Melton Jan - Statesboro and Regional
MORRIS, Sr. Charles H. - Savannah Corporate
Whitworth Scott - Gainesville Times
Kiewel Staci - Great Bend Tribune
Pensinger Christina - WTVQ-TV
Stambaugh Caleb - WDEF-TV
Funk Ray - Great Bend Tribune
Gonzalez Hugo - Great Bend Tribune
Landon Gloria - Wisconsin
Mayer Jimmy - WDEF-TV
Newberry Mike - WDEF-TV
Taylor Will - Savannah Corporate
Weber Dori - Ellsworth
Albertson Debbie - Camden Media Company
Aldridge Chris - WTVQ-TV
George Harold - Turlock Journal/Ceres Courier
Smith Cindy - WTVQ-TV
Copus Heather - Wisconsin
Edwards Bobby - WXXV-TV
Hogg Dale - Great Bend Tribune
Jones Sherrie - Gainesville Times
Prescott Chris - WXXV-TV
Russell Loretta - Great Bend Tribune

We Can Step for Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles....Oh Yea!

6/22/2016

Here is a tentative recap of the top mileage properties as we Step 10'd to Rio over the 35 days, tentatively through 6/19...we shall refer to this as the "1,000 mile club:"

Great Bend - 6,875 miles
Gainesville - 2,602
WWAY - 2,010
WXXV - 1,767
Corporate - 1,630
Morris Technology - 1,488
WCBI - 1,310
Statesboro - 1,280
WTVQ - 1,239
Hinesville - 1,132
Wisconsin - 1,100

Miles Per Person Participating:
Barrow County - 248 miles
WCBI - 218
Great Bend - 215
Morris Technology - 213
Wisconsin - 183
WDEF - 166
Hinesville - 162
Corporate - 148
Statesboro - 142
WTVQ - 138

Terrific results to all!

Step 10 From Rio: 6/18 - USA, USA, USA

6/22/2016

Departing the Bay of Campeche, the wellness stepping horde heads west then north-ish on route 145D until connecting to route 180, hugging the Gulf of Mexico on our right through Veracruz, Ozulama and then the state of Tamaulipas before, at mile #805, reaching Brownsville, Texas, back in the USA with one day to spare. Celebrations abound. An amazing trip and a terrific, dedicated group to do it with.

Onward we trek through Texas on US 77 to around the Corpus Christi area, then north/northwest on I-37 to the riverwalk city of San Antonio, some great food to sustain us, then north/northeast on I-35 through the capital in Austin before ending our 1,237 miles trek for the day in Temple, Texas, a stone's throw from Waco.

Awesome job by the group - the following are the top 18 for the seven days ending on June 18:

Sebastian Wee - Gainesville - 154 miles
Samantha Funk - Great Bend - 108 miles
Heather Griffin - Forsyth County - 107 miles
Mary Hoisington - Great Bend - 106 miles
Marlin Nesmith - Statesboro - 100 miles
Sheila Jones - WCBI - 99 miles
Daniel Kiewel - Great Bend - 95 miles
Debbie Purvis - Barrow Co. - 88 miles
Shonita Swank - Great Bend - 83 miles
Tyler Swank - Great Bend - 80 miles
Jana Hestand - Great Bend - 74 miles
James Audus - Great Bend - 73 miles
Mark Swendra - Morris Technology - 72 miles
Tyler Stone - Morris Technology - 69 miles
Jeff Samuels - Corporate - 69 miles
Hunter McCumber - Statesboro - 63 miles
Diane Lacy-Trostle - Great Bend - 62 miles
Patricia Leon - Hinesville - 57 miles

Next stop - Great Bend, Kansas - woohoo!