Ottawa County Step it Up Program

It’s Step It Up! Fitness Challenge time again in Ottawa County and we’re looking for your help in promoting this awesome program to local residents, employees, and business owners. This free, 8-week physical activity challenge designed by Ottawa County Parks & the Department of Public Health helps get people outside and exploring our area’s beautiful parks. Last year we had over 1,000 participants (up 235% from 2017!), and we believe that was because we had so much help getting the word out about it from people like you!
 
 
Here are some details about what participants in the Step It Up! Challenge can look forward to:

• Achieving fitness goals
• Motivation & accountability by logging their activity
• Guided group walks with varying paces/distances in Ottawa & Allegan Counties (all fitness levels welcome!)
• Guided group adventures in kayaking, mountain biking, nature navigation, and more (all equipment provided free of charge)
• Exploring parks they’ve never been to
• Incentive prizes!
• Meeting new people
• NEW THIS YEAR: Ottawa County walks will begin with a short body weight strength training program with Cari Draft from EcoTrek Fitness, the Tri-Cities Family YMCA, and Jessie Riley from the Four Pointes Center for Successful Aging