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Tompkins County Employees’
2nd Annual 5 A Day Challenge

Dates:
Starts September 30, 2002
Ends October 27, 2002
(4 weeks)


Eligibility:
All Tompkins County Employees with a half-time or more appointment.


How to participate:
Teams: There are NO teams in this year's 5 A Day Challenge.
Pre-registration: You do NOT have to pre-register for this year's 5 A Day Challenge.

To Enter: Get a 5 A Day Personal Scoresheet from any 5 A Day Challenge display. Check your worksite bulletin board or announcement center. If scoresheets are not available at your worksite, go to our online request form.

Record the fruit and vegetable servings you eat daily and tally your score (1 serving = 1 point) at the end of the week. Total your points for everyday in the week; weekends and weekdays.

Submit your completed scoresheet each week by the due date (noon Thursdays.) A deposit envelope will be attached to the 5 A Day display. (No envelope? Contact us!)


Prize drawings:
A drawing for prizes will be held every 2 weeks (2 drawings in the 4-week Challenge.) Your scoresheet is your entry form for the prize drawings.

To be eligible to win the prize drawing your score must be at least 25 points (week total on your scoresheet). You must also be an eligible Tompkins County employee.

Prizes:
The following prizes will be given away at each of the (2) drawings:
(1) George Foreman® Super Champ Grilling Machine
(1) 1-year subscription to "Cooking Light" magazine
Plus, duffle bags and Seedie® dolls

   

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Tompkins County Employees’
 5 A Day Challenge 2002 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 Sept. 30

Challenge Starts:
WEEK 1

(begin keeping score today)

 October 1

 

2


3
4

 Oct. 7

WEEK 2

(begin new scoresheet today)

8
9

 

 Oct. 10

entry deadline 12 noon

to submit Week 1 scoresheets

11

 

 Oct. 14

WEEK 3

(begin new scoresheet today)

15
16

 

 Oct. 17

entry deadline 12 noon

to submit Week 2 scoresheets

18

 Oct. 21

WEEK 4

(begin new scoresheet today)

22

 

 Oct. 23

Prize drawing

for Week 1+2 entries

 Oct. 24

entry deadline 12 noon

to submit Week 3 scoresheets

25

 Oct. 28

Challenge Ends

(Tally 4th scoresheet thru Sunday Oct 27)

29

 

30

 

 Oct. 31

entry deadline 12 noon

to submit Week 4 scoresheets

 November 1

4

 

5

 

 Nov. 6

Prize drawing

for Week 3+4 entries

8
7

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