Sponsored jointly by Canton – Potsdam Hospital, the St. Lawrence University Fitness Center, Health Center, and Wellness Initiative, the goal of the Wellness Milers Club is to encourage a wellness oriented lifestyle amongst St. Lawrence students, faculty, and staff; as well as area community members using the Fitness Center.

New this fall, the Wellness Milers Club encourages a wellness oriented lifestyle, awards participants for choosing to live such a lifestyle, and allows participants to choose the types of exercise they would like to include in their lives.

Beyond the joy and benefit of exercise itself, program participants can earn special Wellness Milers’ awards by accumulating miles. Awards are given as miles are accumulated throughout the year. Once you have accumulated miles to an award level, present the current progress slip to the Fitness Center desk and have them validate your progress and give the award to you. Award levels and awards are as follows:

250 miles: Water Bottle
500 miles: Wellness Miler T-Shirt
750 miles: Intramural Champion T-Shirt
1,000 miles: Certificate of Recognition

Miles can be accumulated through a wide-variety of exercise, as well as for healthy eating and drinking. Walking and running miles count as full mileage equivalent. A conversion chart, showing how to convert other types of exercise into miles, is available at the Fitness Center (along with progress slips and monthly calendars to help you keep track of your exercise).

Individuals can register to participate in the program by picking up a “Wellness Milers’ Progress Slip” at the Fitness Center, recording their accumulated miles on the progress slip, and turning the progress slip in at the Fitness Center desk at the end of each month. The current year for accumulating miles will be September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2005.

For more information, contact Robin Durocher (Fitness Center Director, 5415), Bill Burns (Wellness Initiative Coordinator, 5391), or ask about the program at the Fitness Center Desk.