Every year, AccountingDepartment.com encourages all employees to challenge their health and fitness goals by creating a "miles-based challenge" to inspire everyone to get up and move over the summer. As work-from-home employees, you might imagine that we risk more sedentary lives than others and since extended sitting is as dangerous as smoking these days, supporting employee wellness is a top priority for us! But this year, we added another layer to our challenge. In addition to giving employees the opportunity to rise to their personal challenge of walking, running, swimming or biking 100, 200 or 300 miles (around the virtual Cape Cod trip we have planned), every participating employee is also given a platform to use their efforts to fundraise for a local cause! With nearly 100 employees spread across the US, this allows our company to help support hyperlocal, regional and national charities directly tied to employee interests!
We use a combination of applications to host and manage our virtual trip. Stridekick was introduced to our company last year and it hosts our “trek” along the plotted course, allows us to see where each participant is on the map, and helps keep participants accountable and engaged. CrowdRise is new to our challenge this year and enables us to create a platform where each participant can select and highlight their philanthropy of choice, explain their mission and share their stories with the world. Finally, a dedicated page on our site houses our resources, updates and information on how to sign up and stay involved.
For starters, the core of this is always to support a healthy lifestyle among our employees. Encouraging physical movement and lighthearted competition has led to some awesome success stories here at AccountingDepartment.com. We have employees who have, after having joined our challenges and fitness groups, completed half marathons, conquered the 2 Day Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, lost significant weight, tried new fitness classes and activities, and even encouraged their friends and family outside the company to get involved.
All employees and clients of AccountingDepartment.com are eligible to participate.
Have questions about the challenge? Contact Marketing@AccountingDepartment.com and we’ll be happy to answer any questions or comments!