- All Teams must register with Kathy McGinnis, Benefits Coordinator, by March 16th, 2007.
- Teams must consist of 8 to 10 members. Participation in this program is open to all active town employees who work 20 hours or more per week and school employees who work at least .5 FTE.
- No changes can be made to team names or team rosters after March 16th, 2007.
- Individuals may be a member of only one team.
- Physical activity that counts towards exercise minutes is outlined in the Minutes Guide.
- Participants must keep a record of total minutes exercised every day in the “Weekly Minutes Log.” The exercise week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. Participants must submit their “Weekly Minutes Logs” to their Team Captains by Monday each week.
- Team Captains must enter weekly totals for each team member online at www.townofbrooklinemass.com/onthemove. The deadline for entering totals is 12 Noon each Tuesday. The database will calculate the average number of minutes exercised by each team. Team results will be posted online.
- Each week, two random drawings will be held to award prizes to one male and one female who met the exercise minutes goal.
- Each week, one team, who's members have averaged the weekly goal, will be awarded the trophy for "Team of the Week" through a random drawing. The trophy will be passed around each week.
- At the end of the challenge, a Team Grand Prize will be drawn randomly from teams that met the exercise minutes goal for at least 8 of the 10 weeks during the challenge.
- With each week of the fitness challenge, the minimum exercise goal will increase as follows*:
Week 1 – 140 minutes
Week 2 – 140 minutes
Week 3 – 150 minutes
Week 4 – 150 minutes
Week 5 – 160 minutes
Week 6 – 160 minutes
Week 7 – 170 minutes
Week 8 – 170 minutes
Week 9 – 180 minutes
Week 10 – 180 Minutes
*Please Note: The above listed "minutes” are simply a minimum goal set for this program and are used for prize qualification. There is a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control for individuals to engage in moderate-intensity physical activities for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more days per week or vigorous-intensity activity 3 or more days of the week for 20 minutes or more.