For 30 days, Suffolk University becomes...
SO FIT University!
Get Healthy, Get a Team, Compete, and WIN!

When:  March 29th– April 27th 2010

For detailed information about the challenge (what to do before, during and after, score sheet details, etc):  Information Sheet
To register yourself or your team: Registration Form
An example of weekly score sheets:  Score Sheet Example
To log your weekly activity & points: Weekly Score Sheets (in the right column)

The Mission:  Health & Wellness Services and Human Resources seeks to create a unified avenue of access to all of the health & wellness-related resources that students and employees have within the Suffolk community.  To achieve this, a centralized infrastructure has been created to help the Suffolk Community become more aware of what is offered on campus.  

The Challenge:  A HEALTHY competition among the Suffolk Community to work toward improved wellness!

Before the challenge begins:

1. Get together with your roommates, friends, co-workers, or other members of the Suffolk community to create a team.  You can also sign up individually.  Teams can be comprised of all students, staff, faculty or a combination of all categories.
2. Choose a team captain. Please keep in mind that the team captain will be responsible for collecting everyone’s score sheets and forwarding the sheets to SuffolkWellnesChallenge@gmail.com on a weekly basis.
3. Once you have your team, fill out the registration form. The registration form can be found online at www.suffolk.edu/health. 
4. After your team’s form is complete, submit online or email it as an attachment to SuffolkWellnessChallenge@gmail.com.
5. Once your team’s registration is submitted, start setting realistic weekly goals for yourself that will increase your overall wellness activities (examples include: walking from the T to work, taking the stairs two to three times per week instead of the elevator, hosting or attending a game night with friends, reading a book, taking the time to recycle, attending wellness events that are posted on the challenge’s calendar).

During the challenge:

1. Fill out your individual score sheets on a weekly basis. Weekly score sheets will be available on the Health & Wellness Services webpage: www.suffolk.edu/health .  Remember – honesty is always the best policy – we use an honor system, and cheating on the challenge is cheating yourself and your team!
2. E-mail your score sheets to your team captain by NOON on Sunday of each week.
3. If you are the team captain make sure you receive your teammates score sheets each week. After obtaining your team member’s score sheet, send the sheets as an attachment to SuffolkWellnessChallenge@gmail.com by Monday each week.
4. Look at the Wellness Calendar online at www.suffolk.edu/health to see if there are any events that you would like to attend.  If you do attend Wellness challenge designated events – you accrue points on your score sheet.
5. Use your teammates and friends as a resource to help motivate you to reach your goals.
6. Encourage your teammates to reach their goals.
7. Continually re-evaluate your goals to make sure you are taking the proper steps to achieve them.
8. Most importantly, have fun achieving your wellness goals and finding your balance!

How to accrue points:

1.  Look at your weekly score sheet, each score sheet is broken down into the six areas of wellness: physical, social, spiritual, environmental, intellectual, and emotional.
2. Within each area of wellness are specific activities for which you can gain points. The score sheets are different every week of the challenge, with the exception of the physical wellness category.
3. Points for physical wellness are capped this year, encouraging participants to also concentrate on the other areas of wellness.
4. Attending Wellness Challenge designated events can help you increase your points.  An event calendar can be found online at www.suffolk.edu/health
5. Personal Improvement Goal: In week 1 each participant is asked to set a personal improvement goal they would like to achieve by the end of the 30 days.  If the participant reached their goal by week 4 they add 10 points to their overall score.

After the challenge:

1. Congratulate yourself!!! You did it!!!
2. Congratulate your teammates for their hard work. Thank them for their encouragement and support.
3. Turn in your final score sheets to your team captains by NOON on Wednesday, April 28th. Team captains will need to e-mail the final score sheets by Thursday, April 29th by noon.
4. RSVP to attend the awards luncheon on Friday, April 30th by e-mailing SuffolkWellnessChallenge@gmail.com.
5. Attend the awards luncheon to win great prizes!
6. Using the challenge as a starting point, continuing looking for ways to “find your balance” to the best of your ability.