NMG Wraps Up Mega Miles Program

   
Thanks to their dedication, employees participating in Mega Miles at Northern Maine General (NMG) have, as a group, walked 6, 613 miles over the past six weeks. Fifty NMG employees completed the wellness program. The winning team for this year’s program was “Money in the Pockets,” team leader Shelly Tobin. The team walked a total of 1284.5 miles in six weeks, with a weekly average of 35.68. Members of the winning team, Shelly Tobin, Joan Dow, Sheila Lizotte, Alice Boutot, Tom Roy, and Katie Jandreau will each receive a cash prize of $50.00 The top walker, Tom Roy, walked a total of 524 miles. Tom will receive a cash prize of $100 for his accomplishment. Twenty-six participants completed 100 miles during the program. These walkers will win their choice of a $15 gift certificate Thirteen walkers completed 50 miles during the program. These participants will receive a scratch ticket. Everyone who completed the program will receive water bottles donated by Anthem. Thanks to the NMG Employee Relations Council for supporting the wellness committee and providing Mega-Miles prizes. Congratulations to everyone who participated and improved their health and enjoyed a more active lifestyle!






Local Health and Wellness Resources

Anthem Rewards Program

Want to learn about health and nutrition while earning points towards great rewards like camping equipment, electronics, and clothing? Enroll in the Anthem Rewards Program – it’s free to all NMG employees receiving health insurance. Click on the link above and register for the program today!

At Home

Build a snowman or ice sculpture – 3 calories/minute
Cleaning – 3 calories/minute
Cross country ski – 8 calories/minute
Dance to your favorite music – 4 calories/minute
Do crafts – 2 calories/minute
Do yard work – 5 calories/minute
Garden – 5 calories/minute
Go tobogganing or sledding – 7 calories/minute
Ice fish – 1 calorie/minute
Meditate – 1 calorie/minute
Mow your lawn – 5 calories/minute
Photography – nature walk, snowshoe, or spend time with family and take pictures – 3 calories/minute
Play games – 1 calorie/minute
Play “tag,” soccer, baseball, basketball, etc. with your kids – 3 calories/minute
Read a book – 1 calorie/minute
Reduce stress with family routines and rituals
Scrapbook – 2 calories/minute
Shovel Snow – 6 calories/minute
Sing – 2 calories/minute
Snowshoe – 8 calories/minute
Take a bubble bath or a hot shower – 2 calories/minute
Walk – with yourself, your friends and family, or your dog – 3 calories/minute
Watch a funny movie – 1 calorie/minute

Allagash

Allagash Guide Service – (207) 398-3418 – www.allagashguideservice.com
Allagash Outfitters – (207) 398-3277 – www.allagashoutfitters.com

Ashland

Aroostook River Fish & Game Club – (207) 435-6365
Ashland Adult Education Classes (includes walking in gym) – (207) 435-3481
Ashland Logging Museum – (207) 435-6039
Ashland Town Office – (207) 435-6323 – www.townofashland.com
The Body Shoppe (gym) – (207) 435-6151

Caribou

Aroostook Mental Health Center – (207) 498-6431 – www.amhc.org
Athletic Department – (207) 493-4274
Caribou Adult Education – (207) 493-4272 – www.caribou.k12.me.us/AdultEd/AdultEd.html
Caribou Bowl-o-Drome – (207) 498-3386
Caribou Country Club – (207) 493-3933 – www.caribougolf.com
Caribou Historical Society – (207) 498-2556
Caribou Historical Museum – (207) 498-2556
Caribou Inn and Convention Center – (207) 498-3733 – www.caribouinn.com/flash
Caribou Recreation Department – (207) 493-4224 – www.caribourec.org
Caribou Senior Center – (207) 493-9987
Caribou Theaters – (207) 496-3545
Caribou Veterans’ Center – (207) 496-3900 – www.visn1.med.va.gov/togus/
Caribou Walker’s Club – Cary Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Program – (207) 498-1618
Cary Medical Center – (207) 498-3111 – www.carymedicalcenter.org
Community Health and Counseling Services – (207) 496-3166 – www.chcs-me.org
Curves – (207) 498-8365 – www.curvesinternational.com
Enman Riverside Disc Golf – (207) 492-0609
Fit for Life Adult Fitness Program at Cary Medical Center – (207) 498-3111
Gougham Farms (Pick your own fruits and vegetables) – (207) 498-6565
Literacy Volunteers of America – (207) 493-4267
Melody Roller Rink – (207) 493-3259
Nylander Museum – (207) 493-4474
Performing Arts Center – (207) 493-4278 – www.caribou.k12.me.us/PAC/PAC.html
Pines Health Center – (207) 498-2359
Red’s Recreational Rentals and Services – (207) 492-5281
Regional Vocational Technical Center – (207) 493-4270
Thomas Heritage House – (207) 496-3011

Eagle Lake

Aroostook River Snowmobile Club – (207) 764-2983 Eagle Lake
Basketball two nights per week. Contact Roy Michaud at (207) 444-5152 ext. 244.
Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce – (207) 444-5125 – www.eaglelaketown.org
Eagle Lake Recreation Department – (skating rink, winter sports equipment available) – (207) 444-5125
Northern Aquatics – (207) 444-5152 ext. 265 – www.nmgh.com/aquatics.asp
Eagle Lake Health Center – (207) 444-5973
Eagle Lake Senior Citizen Center – (207) 444-5125
Eagle Lake Winter Riders – P.O. Box 294, Eagle Lake, Maine 04739
Town of Eagle Lake (walking/skiing/snowshoeing trails; community events and activities) – (207) 444-5125 – www.eaglelaketown.org
Volleyball one night per week. Contact Linda Allison at (207) 444-5152.

Fort Fairfield

Aroostook Valley Country Club – (207) 476-8083 – www.avcc.ca/history.html
Rocking S Ranch – (207) 473-7318

Fort Kent

Aroostook Mental Health Center – (207) 834-3186 – www.amhc.org
Archives Acadiennes – (207) 834-7535 – www.umfk.maine.edu/archives/
Artist at Work – (207) 834-4278
Artistree Gallery – (207) 834-2515 – http://artistreegallery.tripod.com
Basketball. Contact Fort Kent Recreation Department at (207) 834-3730.
Can-Am Crown 250 Sled Dog Race – (207) 834-3826 – www.can-am.sjv.net
Canoes-R-Us – (207) 834-6329
Chasse Chiropractic – (207) 834-5121
Center Stage Dance Studio – Suzie Paradis – (207) 834-2206
Century Theatre – (207) 834- 3107
County Physical Therapy – (207) 834-4117
Crafts-N-Things – (207) 834-3944
Curves – (207) 834-4221 – www.curvesinternational.com
Fort Kent Block House – http://acim.umfk.maine.edu/blockhouse.html
Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce – (207) 834-5354 – www.fortkentchamber.com
Fort Kent Golf Club – (207) 834-3149
Fort Kent Public Library – (207) 834-3048
Fort Kent Recreation & Parks Department – (207) 834-3730 – www.fortkent.orgrpdsched.htm
Fort Kent Senior Citizen Center – (207) 834-3844
Fort Kent Valley Snowriders – (207) 834-6167 – www.valleysnoriders.com
Jalbert Park Skating Rink – (207) 834-5773
Jazz It Up Dance Studio – (207) 834-4297
Jim Robinson’s Karate School – (207) 834-3392
Lonesome Pine Trails (downhill skiing) – (207) 834-3251 – http://www.nelsap.org/me/lonesome.html
Maine Winter Sports Center – (207) 834-6203 – www.mwsc.org
Maple Mountain Enterprises (health food store) – (207) 834-6934
M.S.A.D. #27 Adult and Community Education (exercise, cooking, enrichment classes) – (207) 834-3439
Tenth Mountain Lodge (cross country skiing – adult and children’s programs) – (207) 834-6203 – www.mwsc.org
Valley Rentals (snowmobile/ATV) – (207) 834-6310
Video Market – (207) 834-7456
Volleyball. Contact Fort Kent Recreation Department at (207) 834-3730
Yoga/Pilates – Sylvia Martin – (207) 834-4400

Lee

KD Stables (horseback riding, lessons, therapeutic riding) – (207) 738-2645 – www.kdstable.com

Limestone

Evergreen Family Recreation and Bowling (Loring Airforce Base) – (207) 328-4300
Limestone Country Club – (207) 328-7277 – www.limestonecountryclub.com/
Loring Fitness Center – (207) 328-4603 – www.loring.org/profile
Maine Winter Sports Center – (207) 328-0991 – www.mwsc.org
Trafton Lake – (207) 325-4025

Madawaska

Birch Point Golf Course – (207) 895-6957
Carter’s Bowling Center – (207) 728-4231
Co-Ed Fitness (gym) – (207) 728-3772
Fox Theatre – (207) 728-6544
Long Lake Birch Point Beach – (207) 728-3604
Madawaska Chamber of Commerce – (207) 728-7000 – www.townofmadawaska.com/cc.html
Skylite Drive-In – (207) 728-7583
St. John Valley Times – (207) 728-3336

Mapleton

Haystack Mountain
Mane Events Sleigh Rides (207) 762-5961

Mars Hill

Big Rock Ski Area – (207) 425-6711
Mars Hill Country Club – (207) 425-4802 – www.mainerec.com/mhcc/index.shtml
Ski City – (207) 425-7147
West Ridge Road Par 3 Golf Course – (207) 429-9368

New Sweden

Capitol School and Gift Shop

Portage

Checkpoint Auto & Snowmobile Rentals – (207) 435-3400
North Woods Saddle Expeditions – (207) 435-4371
Portage Hills Country Club – (207) 435-8221
Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club – (207) 435-2811 – www.mainesports.com/snow/plsc.htm
Portage Town Office – (207) 435-4361 – www.connectmaine.com/portage/index.html
Public Beach and Playground

Presque Isle

Abnaki Girl Scout Council – (207) 764-1532 – www.abnakigsc.org
Aroostook Bicycle and Sport – (207) 764-0206
Aroostook Centre Mall – (207) 764-2616 – www.aroostookcentremall.com
Aroostook River Snow Club – (207) 764-2983 – www.sledmaine.com/clubs/club.htm
Aroostook State Park (Cross Country Ski Trails) – (207) 768-8341 – www.mainerec.com/arpark1.htm
Central Aroostook Humane Society – (207) 764-3441 – www.centralaroostookhumanesociety.org/
Curves – (207) 764-7557
General Nutrition Center – (207) 764-4070 – www.gnc.com
Horizon Occupational Health & Wellness – (207) 769-2155
Hoyt’s Aroostook Cinema 8 – (207) 764-8506 – www.aroostookcentremall.com
Massage Therapist Nanci Little – (207) 764-0746
Northern Lanes Bowling – (207) 764-0206
Northern Maine Museum of Science – (207) 768-9482 – www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/museum.htm
Nordic Heritage Ski Center (Maine Winter Sports Center) – www.mainewsc.org
Presque Isle Air Museum – (207) 764-2542 – http://welcome.to/piairmuseum
Presque Isle Chamber of Commerce – (207) 764-6561 – www.pichamber.com/
Presque Isle Country Club – (207) 764-0430 – wwww.picountryclub.com
Presque Isle Health Center – (207) 760-8167 – www.tamc.org
Presque Isle Historical and Genealogical Society – (207) 762-1151
Presque Isle Indoor Pool – (207) 764-2564
Presque Isle Inn and Convention Center – (207) 764-3321 – www.presqueisleinn.com/index.shtml
Presque Isle Recreation Center – (207) 764-2545
Presque Isle Snowmobile Club – (207) 764-6805 – www.pisnowmobileclub.com
Presque Isle Turner Memorial Library – (207) 764-2571
Quoggy Jo Community Alpine Area – (207) 764-3248 – www.mainewsc.org/Facilities/Quoggyjo.html
Riverside Park – www.pichamber.com/recreation.asp
Star City ATV Club – (207) 764-1954 – www.atvmaine.org/staratvclub.htm
The Forum – (207) 764-0491
Tobin’s Deer Farm & Velvet Antler (supplement) – (207) 764-7777
Vera Estey House Museum – (207) 762-1151

St. David

Birch Point Golf Course – (207) 895-6957

St. Francis

Maine Canoe Adventures – (207) 398-3191 – www.mainecanoeadventures.com/canoeing.html

Smyrna Mills

Pine Needle Clinic (acupuncture) – (207) 757-8994

Van Buren

Acadian Village – (207) 868-5024 – www.themainelink.com/acadianvillage/
Adult Education – (207) 868-5758
Health & Fitness Consultants/Mainly Natural Health Services – (207) 868-2920
Morneault Public Library – (207) 868-5076
Split Cedar Cross Country Trail – (207) 868-3312
St. John Valley Health Center – (207) 868-2796
The Ski Shop – (207) 868-2737
Valley Bowling Lanes – (207) 866-2266
Van Buren Chamber of Commerce – (207) 868-5059 – www.vanburenmaine.com/chamber/
Van Buren Recreation Department – (207) 868-3395

Washburn

Benjamin Wilder Farmstead Museum – (207) 455-4339
Jordan Masonry and Snowmobile Rentals – (207) 455-4410
Washburn Trail Runner Snowmobile Club – (207) 455-8439 – www.sledmaine.com/clubs/club.htm

If you have any suggestions or activities you would like to see added to the list, please contact a member of the Wellness Committee: Louise Dube, Tina Saucier, Roy Michaud, Lisa Devoe, Jocelyn Haley, Joyia Cyr, Jen Graham, Dave Parent, and Karen Bouchard . .



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