Silver Creek, CA–Two weeks ago, the Vivecoach Team (Chief Viveur and summer interns Sonja and Tina) made an appearance at the IDT Headquarters in Silver Creek at the 2011 IDT Wellness Fair. Working alongside the very helpful IDT Human Resources staff, the Vivecoach Team handed out pedometers and registered over 70 IDT employees (with more planning to sign up) on Vivecoach in preparation for their upcoming 2-week step challenge.

We were thrilled to meet so many enthusiastic IDT employees, many of whom had begun forming their teams of six and gauging their competition. Others were already planning hikes along the local trails during lunch breaks, and in true high-achieving form, most had set goals of 150K steps for the two-week time span of the challenge (over 10,000 steps per day!)

The employees at IDT San Jose were especially excited that their teams would be competing against other IDT teams in China and Penang, Malaysia –a truly global endeavor!

The event also proved to be Hubble the Sloth’s big break into stardom. The Hubble beanie baby mascots who accompanied us at the Vivecoach table constantly drew admiring and longing looks. Happily, we were able to send a few Hubble babies home with the lucky IDT employees who won the raffle at the end of the day.

The challenge has since started and is in full force, with over 700 participants on 114 teams! Stay tuned for results!