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8/30/04

NEW 'MILERS CLUB' AT SLU ENCOURAGES FITNESS

CANTON – A new program at St. Lawrence University, open to anyone who uses 
its Ronald B. Stafford Fitness Center, will reward participants who live a 
healthy lifestyle.
	Sponsored jointly by Canton-Potsdam Hospital, the Ronald B. Stafford 
Fitness Center at St. Lawrence, the University Health Center and the Wellness 
Initiative, the goal of the Wellness Milers Club is to encourage a 
wellness-oriented lifestyle among students, faculty and staff, as well as 
community members using the fitness center. The club 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 benefits 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 participants have 
accumulated miles to an award level, current progress slips may be presented 
at the fitness center main desk for validation and award distribution.
      Award levels and awards are: for 250 miles, a water bottle; for 500 
miles, a Wellness Miler t-shirt; for 750 miles, an intramural champion t-shirt; 
and for 1,000 miles, a 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 participants keep track of 
progress and accomplishments. 
	Those interested in participating may pick up a "Wellness Milers' 
Progress Slip" at the fitness center, record accumulated miles on the progress 
slip and turn the progress slip in at the fitness center desk at the end of 
each month. The year for accumulating miles in the club program is 
September 1, 2004, to August 31, 2005.
      For more information, contact Stafford Fitness Center Director Robin 
Durocher, at 315-229-5415, Wellness Initiative Coordinator Bill Burns, at 
315-229-5391, or enquire at the fitness center.

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