{"id":32288,"date":"2008-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/05\/27\/stepping-stars\/"},"modified":"2008-05-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T05:00:00","slug":"stepping-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/05\/27\/stepping-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping stars"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nPictured are, back row from left — Nancy Schulte, Puttappa Dodmane, Myron Toews, Ph.D., Rakesh Singh, Ph.D., and Jill Daley; front row from left — Amy Lussetto, Michelle Varney, Seema Singh, Ph.D., and Kalyan Nannuru. Schulte, Dodmane, Dr. Toews and Lussetto were members of Toews’ Travellers. Varney, Nannuru, and Drs. Rakesh Singh and Seema Singh were members of Varney Express.
\nJill Daley was the final winner of the UNMC Silver Shoe.
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\n<\/TABLE>Members of the Toews’ Travellers and the Varney Express 1 Million-Step Challenge walking teams and other high steppers were recognized at a pizza party last week for their feet … err … feats during the UNMC wellness challenge. <\/p>\n

Toews’ Travellers and Varney Express were the first teams to have all their members reach 1 million steps during the challenge. <\/p>\n

Also recognized at the party were Gold Shoe champion Julie Carstens and Silver Shoe winner Jill Daley. <\/p>\n

At the party, Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living presented some interesting numbers from the challenge. <\/p>\n

During the challenge, which ran for one year starting in May 2007:
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