#Add25 Challenge Reaches Thousands

Designed to inspire students, staff and teachers to find creative ways to increase their fitness and nutrition, the contest invited North Carolina schools to share on social media how they incorporate healthy habits into their routines.  Miss North Carolina 2015, along with many of her city and regional Miss NC sisters, provided daily motivation with their own nutrition and fitness social media posts.

Participating schools, along with Miss NC and her supporters, posted over 250 messages to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which reached over 52,000 Poe Center social media followers.  See the collection of posts.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the #Add25 Challenge and partnering with the Poe Center. My goal was to reach as many people, especially children, in NC as possible and inspire them to make changes to improve their health and nutrition,” said Kate Peacock, Miss North Carolina 2015.

Savannah Royal, a senior at Sampson Early College High School, coordinated the contest as her senior project.  She said, “I wanted to do the #Add25 Challenge and get my school involved because I think it is important that people should make healthy choices throughout their daily lives…This challenge has actually helped me make better lifestyle choices and make changes to my daily food intake. I hope it has helped to encourage more people to do the same! It was fun being able to do the #Add25 Challenge with my school.”

“My kids truly enjoyed it and looked forward to our #Add25 activity each day!…They wanted to make sure that I would continue with the fitness brain breaks and the Tasting Thursdays to try new foods once the challenge ended,” said Michelle LeRoy, fifth-grade teacher at Penny Road Elementary in Cary, NC.