AHPC winners
The American Horsepower Challenge, sponsored by The Humana Foundation, kicked off the second heat of the competition on Nov.16. 1,465 middle school students are participating in the challenge running from Nov. 16 – Dec. 11, 2009, and Jan. 11 – Feb. 5, 2010. The Humana Foundation will once again award grant monies for school wellness activities or services to the top five schools with the highest average step count. The competition is designed to show participants how easily physical activity can be worked into their daily schedules.
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Students in 61 middle schools from Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, South Dakota, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Arizona, Arkansas, Virginia and Louisiana will be wearing a pedometer, which automatically uploads steps into an online game.
AHPC winning schools
The following Pennsylvania middle schools won the first challenge of the competition that ended May 29:
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Midland
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Deer Lakes
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Franklin Regional
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Hopewell Memorial
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Beaver Falls
A ceremony acknowledging these schools and participating students was held on Oct. 26 in Beaver Falls, Pa. The Humana Foundation presented each school with a check representing their portion of the grant. State Rep. Jason Altmire attended the event, congratulating the students for placing first ahead of 19 other congressional districts.
AHPC award ceremony
The winning schools walked 14.8 million steps or 5,637 miles. This is the equivalent of burning 253,000 calories or 873 slices of pepperoni pizza. This is also the equivalent of walking from Philadelphia, Pa., to Austin, Texas, two times!
Congratulations to all schools who participated in the spring challenge and best of luck to every student logging steps to compete in the fall and winter heats of The American Horsepower Challenge!
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