UC ANR employees get moving for UC Walks

Susan Weaver also won a fashion photo award for her UC ANR Walks team shot at Martial Cottle Park.

More than 50 ANR people got their daily steps in while participating in the annual UC Walks on May 12. They gathered online for light stretching to warm up, then went outside to walk or stayed on Zoom for group yoga. After the invigorating activity, participants reconvened on Zoom to do cool-down stretches and to share comments about the exercise.

UC ANR promotes wellness by encouraging employees to take time out of their day to be physically active.

The UC ANR Staff Assembly Wellness Committee, which organized the event, offered raffle and photo contest prizes.  

Winners of the UC Walks raffle were Laura Gonzalez, who won a $25 gift card, and Christopher Wong and Jan Newman, who each won a Fitbit. 

The UC Walks photo contest attracted 29 entries in the categories of fashion, urban and nature. Two winners were selected per category. Each winner will receive a $25 gift card to a sporting goods retailer of their choice. 

Elia Escalante's dogs won the UC ANR Walks photo contest for fashion.

Fashion photo winners were Elia Escalante with two dogs sporting UC ANR branding, and Susan Weaver at Martial Cottle Park. 

Ryan Keiffer won a nature photo award for this selfie taken at Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve.

Sonia Rodriguez won a nature photo award for this shot of her granddaughter at Horseshoe Lake.

Nature photo winners were Ryan Keiffer at the Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve and Sonia Rodriguez with her 6-year-old granddaughter at Horseshoe Lake.  

Sarah-Mae Nelson and her cat won an urban photo award.

Grilda Gomez also won an urban photo award.

Urban photo winners were Sarah-Mae Nelson and Grilda Gomez.  

Carrie Yarwood won Walking Bingo and Lauren Borges, Pam Kan-Rice and Brian Oatman topped the #UCANRmoves social media posts.

Lauren Borges won an award for her social media post.

Pam Kan-Rice won a social media award for this turkey tweet.

Brian Oatman and his dogs also won a social media award for this selfie tweet.

Thanks to Vanity Campbell, David Ritz, Scott Brayton, Nora Lopez and Molica Sim for organizing the UC ANR Walks activities.

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