Supporting one of our own!

   It's that time of year again! Time to support one of our coworkers (Cody Ray) and help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. For those of you that may not know, Cody's cute son Cooper suffers from CF which causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body.

   Cody and his family sell T-shirts every year to raise money for their fundraising team Cooper's Crusaders. If you would like to purchase a shirt click here and it will take you to an order form that will walk  you through the process step by step. As always, 100% of the proceeds go to the CF Foundation.

The cost for a shirt is

Adult :$18

Youth: $9

Get yours quick, cause orders and money are due by this Thursday, May 17th.

   This is also a great opportunity to get outside, get moving and show support for Cody and his family and participate in the Great Strides Walk. The walk will be held on Saturday June 2nd, at Jensen's Pond/Nature Park in Syracuse (3176 S. Bluff Rd, Syracuse UT 84075) 
   Check in is at 09:00 and the walk starts at 10:00. This is a 5K (Just over 3 miles. YOU CAN DO IT!) You can walk, jog, run whatever you are comfortable doing, just go and show your support if you are available that weekend!

Get your shirt HERE

Donate, register, join Cooper's team HERE

Get more info on CF HERE

Thanks to Cody Ray and Brittney Dehn for the previous email and getting all this info available to everyone. Any further questions, you can always speak with Cody or Brittney themselves for more info if needed!

Get Gardening!! 

   I grew up on a large produce farm and have always loved growing veggies and putting in the work to do it. The last few years I haven’t had my normal garden … mostly because of my pesky German Shepherd. He’s a big 4yo now so I’ve decided to give it another try this year. I’ve REALLY missed my garden!! Fingers crossed that the four legged fur ball leaves it alone!! 

   It’s pretty exciting to grow your own food. To plant a seed then have it turn into something. I don’t care who you are, you get a great feeling when you actually see stuff grow that you yourself planted!!

Why garden:

• ·         Fresh nutritious vegetables – the fresher you get your veggies the higher the nutrients they have.
• ·         No chemicals!!
• ·         Increase in physical activity
• ·         Can be a family activity, get the kids involved
• ·         Promotes healthy eating

   Frost free growing season for our area is May 15^th – Oct 25^th , so now is the time to get out there and get your gardens started!!!

Step up and start counting those steps!

                The fitness committee wants you to join us and count your steps! We have a few different platforms we like to use, but we’re going to try to narrow it down to one place that will log our steps and tell us how close we are to our coworkers in steps/minutes active.

                We will be using Countit.com to compare our stepage. (that’s a real word. Don’t google it. Just trust me.) Countit is cool because it allows you to use your fitness tracker you already have (fitbit, apple watch, Garmin and even just your cell phone) to count steps.

                So, the process to sign up and join in our little group of steppers.

1^st: Go to this link, https://www.countit.com/#/create?company_id=804aaeb5-ff49-4771-91ce-f149630f2e98

2^nd: Sign up/sign in to your countit account. 

3^rd: Connect your phone/tracker app/device so that you get credit for all those steps!

4^th: Walk!

Some general tips and tricks.

If you don’t have an activity tracker, that’s no big deal. There is an application on iOS and Android called Moves. It is free and will link with count.it. Beware, it may not be as accurate as a fitness tracker, but it’ll at least give you an idea.

Have fun and don’t take this too seriously. This is to get everyone up and active, not discourage people! Can’t wait to see everyone’s steps!

Also, if you have a fitbit account, it may not let you connect on the work computers. (Phone/home computer would be best.)


UPDATE: I have discovered that this not only counts your steps, but counts other exercise as well and then gives you a "Countit number" with your score! So make sure you're logging all your exercise!