ARE you hitting ten thousand steps a day, and think you could maintain that for a month?<\/p>\n
To generate funds for Cafs Christmas Appeal, a team of local walkers are striving to collectively achieve 10 million steps over the next few weeks, and local resident Rachel Kulavkovski is leading the march.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need a team of 35 people to do 10,000 steps a day every day in November,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am on a mission to find some keen locals who want to make a personal challenge to improve their fitness and to raise money to support local families in need this Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe health benefits for those participating alone are worth celebrating, but that\u2019s not all. If every participant manages to raise $100 each, we will raise $3500 to support local families this Christmas, so get your walking shoes on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Kulavkovski was inspired to launch the challenge as a member of a Ballarat women\u2019s networking group on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are always quite a few posts from women in need of help, and people recommend Cafs, so I thought we could come together as a community, fundraise for them, and get fit for ourselves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Cafs is already set to support 600 children and families with the funds from their appeal this year, and they expect that number to grow 40 per cent by Christmas.<\/p>\n