Steps for Schools
The health of Idaho’s children begins with community leaders setting examples and being role models.
But it doesn’t end there. The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health’s Steps for Schools gets Idaho’s lawmakers involved too! Steps for Schools challenges state legislators to walk as much as possible for one month during the legislative session.
Outfitted with Fitbits, each legislator’s steps are counted, and those steps earn cash to fund their schools’ walking programs or needed physical activity equipment. Legislators who average 10,000 steps per day in the month of February win $500 for playground or physical education equipment for the school of their choice.
The Steps for Schools challenge is a nice way to burn off some steam during the busy session, but it has a serious side too. Steps for Schools has four goals:
1. To help lawmakers think about childhood health issues in Idaho
2. To highlight our lawmakers as good role models for our children
3. To create a buzz about health issues within legislators’ districts
4. To promote childhood wellness throughout Idaho
The 2018 Steps for Schools Walking Challenge
See how Idaho’s lawmakers did last year!
In 2018, Idaho legislators walked over 10 MILLION steps – which is over 5,000 miles! Here’s how they each did:
| Jarom Wagoner | 522,210 steps | 18,650 avg. | 261.10 miles |
| Jason Monks | 378,683 steps | 13,524 avg. | 189.34 miles |
| Lawrence Wasden | 370,981 steps | 13,249 avg. | 185.49 miles |
| Steve Harris | 370,838 steps | 13,244 avg. | 185.42 miles |
| Terry Gestrin | 367,533 steps | 12,698 avg. | 183.77 miles |
| Chuck Winder | 352,847 steps | 12,665 avg. | 177.42 miles |
| Bryan Zollinger | 350,170 steps | 12,506 avg. | 175.09 miles |
| Heather Scott | 344,055 steps | 12,288 avg. | 172.03 miles |
| Clark Kauffman | 333,763 steps | 11,920 avg. | 166.88 miles |
| Ronald Nate | 333,750 steps | 11,920 avg. | 166.88 miles |
| Paul Amador | 332,207 steps | 11,865 avg. | 166.10 miles |
| Mat Erpelding | 330,516 steps | 11,804 avg. | 165.26 miles |
| Dorothy Moon | 323,604 steps | 11,557 avg. | 161.80 miles |
| Sue Chew | 320,658 steps | 11,259 avg. | 160.33 miles |
| Janie Ward-Engelking | 319,044 steps | 11,394 avg. | 159.52 miles |
| Thyra Stevenson | 310,169 steps | 11,077 avg. | 155.08 miles |
| Marc Gibbs | 307,854 steps | 11,283 avg. | 153.93 miles |
| Steve Vick | 307,635 steps | 10,987 avg. | 153.82 miles |
| Priscilla Giddings | 302,246 steps | 10,795 avg. | 151.82 miles |
| Tony Potts | 297,690 steps | 10,632 avg. | 148.85 miles |
| Lance Clow | 295,473 steps | 10,553 avg. | 147.74 miles |
| Karey Hanks | 292,225 steps | 10,437 avg. | 146.11 miles |
| Caroline Nilsson Troy | 288,290 steps | 10,296 avg. | 144.15 miles |
| Sage Dixon | 287,466 steps | 10,268 avg. | 143.73 miles |
| John McCrostie | 286,654 steps | 10,238 avg. | 143.33 miles |
| Melissa Wintrow | 285,338 steps | 10,191 avg. | 142.67 miles |
| Bob Nonini | 281,027 steps | 10,037 avg. | 140.51 miles |
| Brent Crane | 271,920 steps | 10,091 avg. | 135.96 miles |
| Maryanne Jordan | 270,938 steps | 10,330 avg. | 135.47 miles |
| Ilana Rubel | 268,184 steps | 10,480 avg. | 134.09 miles |
| Tom Dayley | 267,316 steps | 9,547 avg. | 133.66 miles |
| Barbara Ehardt | 253,397 steps | 9,050 avg. | 126.70 miles |
| Sally Toone | 217,229 steps | 7,826 avg. | 108.61 miles |
| Scott Syme | 112,117 steps | 8,484 avg. | 56.06 miles |
| Dustin Manwaring | 87,380 steps | 7,282 avg. | 43.69 miles |
| Mark Nye | 10,825 steps | 1,252 avg. | 5.41 miles |