Mileage Club 2020
Since we’re all at home during most of Mileage Club this year, here are some fun ideas to keep moving at home! Each day, try the activity listed. If you don’t have something you need for the activity (e.g. bubbles for Week Six) just repeat one of the other days instead. There is a mix of indoor and outdoor activities and a mix of online videos and off-line activities to try. If you don’t have a way to do the online videos, you can do one of the offline activities instead or make up your own version (e.g. instead of the KIDZ BOP dance party, play your own music and dance for 10 minutes together).
Track your progress, on the Mileage Club 2020 Tracker
Mileage Club Tracker (Color) [PDF]
Mileage Club Tracker (Black & White) [PDF]
Mileage Club Sponsors
Thank you to the following sponsors to the Mary Greeley Foundation who help make this program possible.
Presenting Sponsor
Sustaining Sponsor
Pacemaker Sponsor
- Ag Leader Technology
- Greater Iowa Credit Union
- NAI Electrical Contractors
Caretaker Sponsors
- 3M
- Ames National Corporation and affiliates: First National Bank, Reliance State Bank, Story Bank & Trust Co.
- Fareway
- Great Western Bank
- Jester Insurance Services
- Northcrest Community
- Shive-Hattery Architecture + Engineering
- Wolfe Eye Clinic
Virtual Mileage Club
Week One (March 23-27)
Monday: KIDZ BOP Dance Party: https://youtu.be/sHd2s_saYsQ
Dance along with the Kidz Bop kids
Tuesday: Go for a 20 minute walk with an adult around your neighborhood.
Wednesday: Sun Salutations Yoga: https://youtu.be/8oGR5xucItI
Thursday: Challenge:
- How many jumping jacks can you do in 3 minutes? Break for 2 minutes
- How many push-ups can you do in 1 minute? Break for 2 minutes
- How many sit ups can you do in 2 minutes? Break for 2 minutes
- How many times can you touch your toes in 1 minute? Break for 2 minutes
- Repeat all the exercises and see if you can do more of each one the second round!
Friday: Dance Playlist:
Week Two (March 30-April 3)
Monday: Jump rope for 15 minutes!
Tuesday: Freeze dance: Play your favorite song and pause the music at random times. When the music stops, stop dancing! Do this for 4 songs and see who the best listener is!
Wednesday: Book-Worm Workout
Read a book together and choose a key-word (look for a word that is repeated often, for example, if reading Green Eggs and Ham- choose the words “Sam”). Every time that word comes up, do a jumping jack.
Thursday: Practice Melting: https://youtu.be/fTzXFPh6CPI
Friday: WAKE UP! https://youtu.be/ALrdpsWYoJs
Week Three (April 6-10)
Monday: Can’t Stop the Feeling Dance: https://youtu.be/KhfkYzUwYFk
Tuesday: Hop Scotch
Wednesday: Make an activity jar: using a mason jar and popsicle sticks (or pieces of paper) write out all the different types of exercises you can think of (one exercise per stick/paper) draw out 5 different exercises and do each 15 times.
Thursday: Freeze dance:
Play your favorite song and pause the music at random times. When the music stops, stop dancing! Do this for 4 songs and see who the best listener is!
Friday: Rainbow Breath: https://youtu.be/O29e4rRMrV4
Week Four (April 13-17)
Monday: Go for a 20 minute walk with an adult around your neighborhood
Tuesday: Use your activity jar: using a mason jar and popsicle sticks (or pieces of paper) write out all the different types of exercises you can think of (one exercise per stick/paper) draw out 5 different exercises and do each 15 times.
Wednesday: Dance Party: put on your favorite dance music and shake it out for 5 songs!
Thursday: Book-Worm Workout
Read a book together and choose a key-word (look for a word that is repeated often, for example, if reading Green Eggs and Ham- choose the words “Sam”). Every time that word comes up, do a push up.
Friday: Pump it up: https://youtu.be/etYhiq9hM8A
Week Five (April 20-24)
Monday: Hop Scotch
Tuesday: Dance Playlist:
- Follow along with their moves!
- I Like to Move It https://youtu.be/ymigWt5TOV8
- Go Bananas https://youtu.be/PKyuJhHQCfI
- Fruit Juice https://youtu.be/gN3pn_alymA
Wednesday: Practice Melting: https://youtu.be/fTzXFPh6CPI
Thursday: Jump rope for 15 minutes!
Friday: Pull Weeds: Go outside and pull weeds around a garden, plants, or sidewalk
Week Six (April 27-May 1)
Monday: WAKE UP! https://youtu.be/ALrdpsWYoJs
Tuesday: Use your activity jar: using a mason jar and popsicle sticks (or pieces of paper) write out all the different types of exercises you can think of (one exercise per stick/paper) draw out 5 different exercises and do each 15 times.
Wednesday: Freeze dance:
Play your favorite song and pause the music at random times. When the music stops, stop dancing! Do this for 4 songs and see who the best listener is!
Thursday: Blow Bubbles, count to three and then jump to pop the bubble before it floats away!
Friday: Hop Scotch
Week Seven (May 4-8)
Monday: Dance Party: put on your favorite dance music and shake it out for 5 songs!
Tuesday: Go for a 20 minute walk with an adult around your neighborhood.
Wednesday: Sprints: Mark out your favorite distance on the sidewalk by your house. Have a parent time you to see how fast you can run the distance. Try it 5 times and see if you can get faster each time.
Thursday: Rainbow Breath: https://youtu.be/O29e4rRMrV4
Friday: Use your activity jar: using a mason jar and popsicle sticks (or pieces of paper) write out all the different types of exercises you can think of (one exercise per stick/paper) draw out 5 different exercises and do each 15 times.
Week Eight (May 11-15)
Monday: Hop Scotch
Tuesday: Freeze dance:
Play your favorite song and pause the music at random times. When the music stops, stop dancing! Do this for 4 songs and see who the best listener is!
Wednesday: WAKE UP! https://youtu.be/ALrdpsWYoJs
Thursday: Book-Worm Workout
Read a book together and choose a key-word (look for a word that is repeated often, for example, if reading Green Eggs and Ham- choose the words “Sam”). Every time that word comes up, touch your toes.
Friday: Challenge:
- How many jumping jacks can you do in 3 minutes? Break for 2 minutes
- How many push-ups can you do in 1 minute? Break for 2 minutes
- How many sit ups can you do in 2 minutes? Break for 2 minutes
- How many times can you touch your toes in 1 minute? Break for 2 minutes
- Repeat all the exercises and see if you can do more of each one the second round!
YOU DID IT!
Congratulations! You completed Mileage Club 2020!
Get my completion certificate [PDF]
School kids on the run–and loving it!
In 2019, Story County
students logged over 56,000 miles
in Mary Greeley's Mileage Club!
Mary Greeley Mileage Club is an eight week walking/running program for central Iowa elementary school children which is coordinated by Mary Greeley Medical Center’s Diabetes and Nutrition Education Center and sponsored by the Mary Greeley Foundation.
Mileage Club was launched in the spring of 2006 with a Harkin Community Wellness Grant. The grant only lasted two years, but the program was so well-liked that Mary Greeley Medical Center opted to take it over. The program has now found a home in Mary Greeley’s Diabetes and Nutrition Education Center, which is a perfect place for it given the center’s focus on issues related to childhood nutrition and obesity.
Healthy Competition
In 2019, students from 15 Story County elementary and middle schools took part in Mileage Club and together they logged close to 56,300 miles. All students within those schools are invited to participate. Those that choose to are given the opportunity to log miles three days a week during recess. For every five miles a participant logs, they are given prize.
Mileage Club also has a nutrition component. Students are encouraged to eat 56 servings of fruits and 56 servings of vegetables over the course of the program and are given a prize when they have reached that number.
2019 Results
In 2019, nearly 5,000 students participated in Mileage Club -- logging 56,292 miles total! Below are the schools that participated and the number of miles each of them logged. Great job, kids!!
| Edwards |
4771 |
Ballard West |
3851 |
| Fellows |
5433 |
Ballard East |
1119 |
| Sawyer |
4240 |
St. Cecilia |
3854 |
| Meeker |
5644 |
Gilbert Elementary |
2557 |
| Kate Mitchell |
4367 |
Gilbert Intermediate |
5016 |
| Colo-NESCO |
2873 |
United Community |
1888 |
| Roland-Story |
3564 |
Home School |
1874 |
| Nevada |
5153 |
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