By Shannon Weidemann (McKone) on Friday, April 7th, 2023 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
BAKER COUNTY -During the month of March, the Baker County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) did a two-week March Madness Wellness Challenge. The step challenge resulted in an impressive number of steps totaling 4,683,922 steps.
According to BCSO “Employees were placed on teams and capped at 10,000 steps per day. Of course there were twists thrown in…teams could earn extra points for taking photos while out walking and for walking with members of another team. Even Deputy Daisy joined in on the fun!”
Team totals were as follows:
Team Downing – 1, 429,825 steps
Team Ash- 1,115,483 steps
Team Wray- 1,094,491 steps
Team Wirth- 1,044,113 steps