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JACKSON – Each year, the Northeastern North Carolina Partnership for Public Health sponsors a Get Moving Challenge.

The 2024 challenge ran from Oct. 14 to Nov. 24. During this period, health departments in the Northeastern Region, along with partnering agencies for those health departments, competed against one another to see which teams and individuals could walk the most steps.

Teams are broken down into two categories: Health Department teams and Partnering Agency teams.

This year, Northampton County’s Stride Squad won first place in the Partnering Agency category with an impressive 5,593,175 total steps. Members of Stride Squad included Martha Paige, Sabrina Hunter, Dale Bjarnason, Angela Mallory and Tony Barrow.

In addition, Paige won the top individual steps for a Partnering Agency team member with 1,590,018. Paige has won this category for three consecutive years. Gail Bennett of Northampton County came in third this year with 1,388,195 steps.

Traveling trophies and certificates were presented to winners in December.

Exercising daily is a lifetime goal, with many physical and mental health benefits.

For more information about healthy living programs or challenges going on in Northampton County, contact Health Educator Kysha Gary at 252-534-5841.