4-Estherville (Ia.) Healthy Living, 2012
100 Day Wellness Challenge a big first step BY MICHAEL TIDEMANN STAFF WRITER
With 43 teams registered for the Live Healthy Iowa 100 Day Wellness Challenge, the challenge is admittedly the first step of many that the Emmet County Wellness Coalition wants to take to improve the health and fitness of area residents. “I think some are really getting going on it,” said Emmet County Public Health director Kathy Preston, who along with Jen Hough, community relations manager for Avera Holy Family Health, is helping coordinate this year’s challenge. Preston said 31 students are taking part in the challenge — and students have been a big push for the coalition, especially since this is the first year he challenge has gone countywide.
“We tried to get a few teams here,” said Preston, who noted that Emmet County Public Health has two teams of 10 and eight members respectively. That includes employees and their families. Emmet County Public Health is also working with Emmet County Board of Supervisors chair Bev Juhl to build a trail directly north from the Emmet County Annex where Emmet County Public Health is located to uptown Estherville. A number of clients without cars push baby strollers to the public health offices now. “There are some that have to walk all year around too,” Preston added. That can be particularly difficult if a client has to push a baby stroller through the Highway 4 railroad overpass where there’s barely room for two vehicles to meet — with
no pedestrian walkway whatsoever. Preston said the coalition will probably do a walkability study of the community too to see where there might be obstacles — something she and the coalition hopes will help improve the city for pedestrian use. Preston said that falls in line with an Iowa Department of Public Health initiative. The Live Healthy Iowa 100 Day Wellness Challenge started Jan. 23 and runs until May 1. The program is presented by the Iowa Sorts Foundation in collaboration with Iowa Department of Public Health and Iowa Sate University Extension and Outreach. The challenge is supported by the Iowa Games.
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