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JUMP TO: Join Bonus Activities Prizes
Join the Keep It Moving Challenge at AHA 2026! Participate in a range of wellness activities and enjoy some healthy competition with your public health community. Earn chances to win prizes for reaching Challenge Goals as you work your way up the leaderboard. Can you beat APHA's Edward "Big Stepper" Shipley?
In addition to competing as an individual, you can form a team and compete against other teams based on average points. Can you beat the APHA Staff team? As further motivation, you can also see how you stack up against your teammates on the Team Leaderboard!
The Challenge starts Saturday, October 31 at 8:00 a.m. CT and ends Wednesday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. CT.
TO JOIN:
1) Download the "Heka Well" app:
2) Select the "APHA Keep It Moving" Challenge and complete the in-app registration
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Note: if you participated in previous Keep It Moving Challenges, that information has been archived for privacy protection so you will need to register again.
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Create your own Team, join an existing Team, or choose "No Team". Your team can compete against other Teams based on average points. View the Team rankings along with the rankings of your teammates in the Team Leaderboard (minimum of 3 people per team to be qualified to be on the Team Leaderboard)
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Pair your activity tracker
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Apple iPhone: select iPhone, Apple Watch, Oura Ring, Fitbit, or Garmin
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Android Phone: select Steps tracked by your Phone, Googlefit, Samsung Health (requires Samsung Health to be synched with Google's Health Connect), Fitbit, or Garmin
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3) Earn points for every step you take and bonus activity you complete
BONUS ACTIVITIES
Engage in various wellness bonus activities and earn bonus points. Once the Challenge has started, tap the Bonus Activities button at the bottom of the Challenge app and select your desired bonus activity:
Refer a Friend: Using the in-app Refer a friend module, reach out to your friends and ask them to join you in the healthy fun and the Keep it Moving Challenge. You will earn 500 bonus points per email sent up to 10 friends. Note, if you refer friends prior to the Challenge start date, the 500 bonus steps will still count toward your cumulative Challenge steps (i.e., they will be credited toward the Challenge even if the Challenge hasn't started yet!)
Donate: APHA and the Affiliate Team appreciate everyone who enjoys taking part in the annual Keep It Moving Challenge. In order to help keep the Challenge moving in future years, please consider a small donation to “keep ‘Keep It Moving’ along". Just use the in-app Donate bonus activity button to link to the APHA donation page. You will also automatically receive a one-time grant of 2,500 bonus points for your consideration.
Scan-In: Use the in-app module to scan the QR codes at the locations listed below. Note for the weekly scans you must wait at least 5 days between scans at the same location.
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Ignition Stage: Visit the Ignition Stage (Sun, Mon, Tue) and scan-in to earn for 1,000 bonus points per day;
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NPHW Booth: Stop by the NPHW Booth and scan-in to earn a one-time grant of 1,000 bonus points;
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APHA Bookstore: Browse the bookstore and scan-in to earn a one-time grant of 1,000 bonus points;
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Career Cafe: Check out the Career Cafe and scan-in to earn a one-time grant of 1,000 bonus points;
APHA Video: Watch the "What is Public Health" video and you will receive a one-time grant of 1,000 bonus points at the end of the video;
Meditation: Visualize your possibilities, growth, and potential. You will automatically receive 1,000 bonus points per day for completing the in-app meditation session.
Activity Log: Engage in various other fitness activities ranging from gardening to stretching, cycling to swimming, and more. Look up the activity in the Challenge app and log the time you spent doing the activity to receive the equivalent points. Limit of one (1) one-hour activity entries per day.
PRIZES ***
10K+ POINT LEVEL PRIZE: All participants who achieve 10K+ points in the Challenge will receive a free annual family subscription to DinnerTime (no credit card entry required). DinnerTime is a personalized healthy meal planning solution to help families save time and money while enjoying more nutritionally dense, delicious meals made-at-home. DinnerTime features more than 20 million potential healthy meals to meet any family’s unique needs and tastes and takes advantage of weekly sales at more than 85,000 grocery stores nationwide. And as part of their commitment to the CDC Foundation, DinnerTime will also provide to all APHA participants a code to share for DinnerTime free to all Medicaid-eligible families. In addition to your own first year free, you will receive a code for 50% off of the subscription service if you want to continue your access and/or provide it to other clients beyond the Medicaid-eligible portion of your community.
25K+ POINT LEVEL GOAL PRIZE DRAWINGS: All participants who achieve 25K+ points during the final period, will receive 30-days free access to The Mindfulness App (NO credit card entry required). Additionally, you will receive a code for 50% off of their subscription service if you want to continue your access and/or provide it to members of your community. The Mindfulness App has over 500 guided meditations, immersive sleep stories, themed courses on stress, focus, sleep and resilience, and nature soundscapes, as well as personalized reminders with streak tracking. These can all be accessed via an iOS or Android app or directly on the web in 12 different languages.
40K+ POINT LEVEL GOAL PRIZE DRAWINGS: All participants exceeding the 40K+ cumulative point goal will be entered into one of five drawings for a free registration to next year's APHA Annual Meeting & Expo, November 7 – 10, 2027 in Philadelphia.
Top Team Prize: In addition to bragging rights, all members of the final top Team (based on average points) will receive one-year free access to The Mindfulness App (NO credit card entry required), along with a code for 50% off of their subscription service if you want to continue your access to their over 500 guided meditations, immersive sleep stories, themed courses on stress, focus, sleep and resilience, and nature soundscapes, as well as personalized reminders with streak tracking. These can all be accessed via an iOS or Android app or directly on the web in 12 different languages.
Winners will be notified directly via email. You must be a registered attendee of APHA 2026 to win prizes.
