Thirty-three employees participated in the five-week Arboretum Poker Walk Challenge this spring, and enjoyed refreshing exercise on UW-Green Bay’s scenic arboretum trails. Whether they enjoyed a reinvigorating walk and conversation with co-workers over their lunch hour, or took a peacful stroll after work, they were able to tear off a strip of paper at a trail kiosk to redeam at the Kress Events Center or Human Resources front desk for a playing card.
Twenty-seven employees collected a full hand of playing cards, and the top three poker hands were collected by Sara Chaloupka (best hand), Amanda Wildenberg (2nd best hand), and Tina Tackmier (3rd best hand)!
All participants were entered in to a random drawing, and the following people were selected to pick out a prize:
- Diane Grubisha
- Brenda Beck
- Jill Siegmund
- Bea Yang Thao
- Stephanie Kaponya
- Erica Grunseth
- Sarah Pratt
- Laura Sinclair
- Karen Peterson
Thank you to~
- Bobbie Webster and her staff for putting up and taking down the posters at different Arboretum trail kiosks each week
- Sam Goeller and the Kress Events Center front desk staff and Human Resources front desk staff for handing out the playing cards
- Charlie Schroeder (UWGB student employee) who designed the posters and added the weekly quotes to the tear off strips
- Caela Stenske and the UWGB Dietetic Interns for contacting businesses to request donations of prizes
- Tammy Papineau and the Marketing & University Communication staff for creating the arboretum map showing the kiosk locations
- Lisa Schmelzer for reviewing all the poker cards collected to determine the best hands
Thank you to the following organizations who donated prizes~
- 9th Street Wellness Center
- Anytime Fitness – DePere
- Aurora BayCare Medical Center
- Every Body’s Yoga, LLC
- Humana
- Network Health
- Planet Fitness – Appleton East
- Planet Fitness – Green Bay East
- T. Rowe Price
- WEA TRust
- Weight Watchers – Green Bay
Last but not least, thank you to those who participated in this fun challenge!