<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23757" class="" style=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23756" class="" style="">Rebecca - </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23757" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23757" class="" style=""><span class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23866">My library in Jackson County, WV did a "Biggest Loser" program with our local Health Department. They provided most of the programs and we provided the promotion, space, and people. It was great! They had speakers in to talk about healthy eating, etc. - including a few focused specifically for diabetes and other similar diseases. We lined up agreements with local exercise/healthy living organizations - health clubs, the Y, etc. - for groups of people to try out their classes on specific nights. For example, people could sign up at the library for a line dancing class on a specific night. It was counted as a library program, but took place at the Y.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23763" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23765" class="" style=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23764" class="" style="">People "weighed in" at the beginning and on regular "weigh in" dates, and the person who lost the most won a prize. There were other prizes, too. And the total lost by all the participants was posted. It was impressive - over 500 pounds lost in six weeks by about 187 participants.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style="">One of the things we did was a "Story Walk" for people to read and walk at the same time, and we did a lot of promoting of our audio e-books and playaways.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style="">Let us know how it goes!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style="">Hope Nobel</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style="">Director, Tamarack District Library</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style="">Lakeview, MI </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421256114599_23766" class="" style=""><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, January 12, 2015 3:30 PM, Rebecca Higgerson <rhiggerson@brandonlibrary.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2121505787"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv2121505787WordSection1"><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">I have been approached by a patron who would like to offer a weight loss challenge in our library. Have any of you done this? I would like to know what worked or didn’t work.</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">Thanks!</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";">Rebecca Higgerson</span></b></div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">Director</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">Brandon Township Public Library</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">304 South Street</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">Ortonville MI 48462</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">(248) 627-1474</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">(916) 471-9955 (cell)</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal">(248) 627-9880</div><div class="yiv2121505787MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Michlib-l mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br><a href="http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l" target="_blank">http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>