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Greetings Fellow NCFR Members,

Here is the report for the halfway point in our Walk to Phoenix Project! I hope you find these reports motivating and that you will continue to report your miles. As you can see, we now have a new section in the lead. We all need to get busy!!

As of June 27, we have

• 86 people registered for the walk
• 11 individuals have logged over 400 miles
• 34 have NOT logged any of their miles yet . . (WHERE ARE YOU?)
• 29 registered in the 34 and under age group
• 29 registered in the 35-54 age group
• 25 registered in the 55 and over age group

NCFR Section Results

• Education & Enrichment – (18 team members) with 2,358.2 miles
• Families & Health – (15 team members) with 1,576 miles
• International – (3 team members) with 1,093.9 miles
• Family Therapy – (6 team members) with miles 794.2 miles
• Research & Theory – (12 team members) with 702.6 miles
• Ethnic Minorities – (7 team members) with 558.6 miles
• Family Science – (7 team members) with 650 miles
• Family Policy – (4 team members ) with 193 miles
• Religion & Family Life – (5 team members) with 65 miles
• Feminism & Family Studies – (3 team members) with 12 miles

Informal Team Results (with at least 2 team members)

• CFLE Advisory Board (7 team members) with 1,437.2 miles
• Family Social Science Walkers (4 team members) with 998.5 miles
• The Pensioners (3 team members) with 545.4 miles
• Marvelous MAMI Marathoners (2 team members) with 539.6 miles
• UA Family Studies (7 team members) with 513 miles
• NCFR Staff (4 team members) with 233.9 miles

Top participants – miles logged

• 566.4 miles (Alicia Gaede)
• 555.2 miles (Beth Quist)
• 542.0 miles (Chloe Merrill)

Top participants (34 and under) – miles logged

• 566.4 miles (Alicia Gaede)
• 539.6 miles (Russell Toomey)
• 525 miles (Alex Jensen)

Top participants (35 – 54) – miles logged

• 555.2 miles (Beth Quist)
• 530.5 miles (Cathy Schulz)
• 527.5 miles (Erin Kostina-Ritchey)

Top participants (55 and over) – miles logged

• 542 miles (Chloe Merrill)
• 475.4 miles (Margaret Arcus)
• 468 miles (Jan McCulloch)

We will provide one more update in September before we ask for final miles logged through October 1. Which section will be in lead come the first of September? How will our individual “top” participants hold up? Come on everybody; get out and walk. It’s still summer, after all!

Jan McCulloch, Ph.D.
Chair, Family and Health Section
jmccullo@umn.edu