Walk 100,000-plus steps and get a prize

Pasig barangay holds ‘Virtual Steps Challenge’

To promote a healthy lifestyle, a barangay in Pasig City on Monday, May 16, offered vouchers that can be redeemed as prizes to residents who join a walking program and log in over 100,000 steps.

The program – Virtual Steps Challenge – is organized by Barangay San Antonio chairman Raymond Lising in partnership with Race Yaya founder and CEO Tin Ferrera.

Lising said participants upload their number of steps at the website of Race Yaya where they could also see the progress of neighbors through the dashboard.

In April, BSA offered redeemable vouchers to those who logged over 100,000 steps during the month.

“Vouchers include gym membership passes, coupon from Vamos, T8 Gear and Apparel, coupon from Simple Hydration, vouchers from Salon, restaurant discounts, among others,” Lising said.

Those who walked an average of 100,000 to 199,000 steps got the bronze award with ₱1,000 worth of vouchers; those between 200,000 to 299,000 received the silver award with ₱1,500 worth of vouchers; while the ones with 300,000 steps and above will got the gold award with ₱3,000 worth of vouchers.

The top three participants who logged the most number of steps were Raymond Bansale with 614,340 steps, Jerome Estavillo with 614,464 steps, and Ann Jillian Pulanco with 631,528 steps.

Lising said he is grateful to Race Yaya for encouraging the barangay residents to become active amid the pandemic.

“With the help of Race Yaya, we can keep our kabarangay healthy and give them a friendly challenge that improves their well-being. We want them to build this walking or jogging habit until it becomes part of their lifestyle,” Lising said.

“Having an active lifestyle is important during the pandemic. Eating healthy alone is not enough. We must be active,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ferrera emphasized the importance of having an active lifestyle especially during a pandemic.

She said the event had almost 350 registrants — 50 percent from the barangay, while the rest are from all over the metro and parts of the Philippines. “We even had a few overseas participants,” she said.

“Around 20 million steps were logged in a month with almost a hundred participants reaching the gold, silver, and bronze status. Perhaps, this is one of the most inspiring turn out in a virtual challenge. Several lives were changed, they took the first step," Ferrera said.