Walking Moai: week 8

By Jeshua Erickson

Published Thursday, August 13, 2009

Big News! The end of this summer's AARP/Blue Zones Walking Moai Program is upon us. All steps, points and hours must be done by August 23 at 8pm in order to count toward the final total. All steps must be reported by coordinators to me by August 26th at 8pm. And the final wrap-up event will be on August 27th...more details coming soon!

Totals for this week are almost all in. Participants in the AARP/Blue Zones Walking Moai Program have walked over 56 million steps, or approximately 28,000 miles. AND participants have worked over 1,000 volunteer hours!!

The top 5 teams in the "steps" category are as follows:

1) 4,433,507 - Blood, Sweat and Duct Tape
2) 3,182,538 - AL Lakers
3) 3,148,953 - The Jolly Walkers
4) 3,082,150 - Wanna Hobbie Walkin' Walkers
5) 2,888,281 - Southside Rockets

The top 5 teams in the "volunteer hours" category are as follows:

1) 167 - Snow White and the Not So Dwarfs
2) 109 - Nancy Stoa's Village Co-op Group
3) 107 - The Rebels
4) 96 - Southside Rockets
5) 72 - The Brooksiders

The teams with the most moai points so far are the "Early Risers" with 17 and the "Lakewood Ladies" with 16.

A 'moai point' is earned each time a whole team walks together.

See full results here: http://moai.albertleajournal.com

In the results, you'll notice a blue column to the right of the yellow totals columns. That blue column shows the number of people in each team. Team leaders, if you don't have a number there for your team, please report the number of people on your team to your area coordinator who will then report to one of the three co-directors. This information is very important. Thanks!