PROVIDENCE – In response to Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s Step up Challenge, seniors across Rhode Island logged millions of steps last month, and three senior centers earned grants of $2,500 each.
Winners, from three regions in the state, were awarded the money for use on health and wellness activities.
The challenge inspired participating senior centers to log a total of 141,780,081 steps in September.
“We are thrilled with how many older Rhode Islanders participated in our first-ever Step Up Challenge and for the support they showed to senior citizens around the state,” said Ivette Luna, manager of consumer engagement at Blue Cross.
Winners were:
- Northern region – North Providence Mancini Center, which logged 2,763,450 total steps.
- East Bay region – Benjamin Church Senior Center, which logged 9,468,402 total steps.
- Southern region – Cranston Senior Center, which logged 4,763,804 total steps.
Blue Cross will sponsor a month of fitness programming to runner-ups Cumberland Senior Center, Portsmouth Senior Center and Coventry Senior Center.
More than 1,300 people registered for the Step Up Challenge, which kicked off on Sept. 1 with walks in Warwick, Bristol and Lincoln.
