If the idea of the Healthy Wayne
Walking Club is to get residents out and
active, LynnHiggs is ahead of the game.
Higgs, 80, joined the club in July. A
Healthy Wayne initiative, the program
calls for participants to sign up with a
walking buddy and then log the amount
of time they walk. After 31 walking days-
that is, days they actually go for a walk,
not necessarily calendar days-they can
turn in their tracking log at the HYPE
Recreation Center in Wayne for a
chance to win prizes. They can take as
long as they want or need to fill up the
31 day schedule.
When Higgs turned in her log,
Lynette Ish-Green, Healthy Wayne proj-
ectmanager, thought she had filled it out
incorrectly. In the 'steps' column, Higgs
had entered anything from 1.5 to eight-
and she had entries for every single day.
It turns out, she wasn't logging steps-she
was loggingmiles.
“I like to get up in the morning and
just go,” saidHiggs, aWayne resident. “It
just keeps me busy and it makes me feel
better. My husband and I were always
active and because our kids grew up
with that, the kids are all active. I think
that's good.”
She and her husband, Jerry, have five
children, and they all participated in
sports. Higgs started running with them
while they trained in junior high school
and only stopped jogging when she was
68, and the rigorous activity bothered
her knees.
Now, she walks between 2 and 5
miles every day, and occasionally up to
8.
“It just keeps you healthy, especially
when you get older. Even getting out and
walking for 15 minutes a day is benefi-
cial for everyone,” she said. “I have a lot
of friends that are younger than I am
that are almost sedentary. It really both-
ersme.”
TheWayneWalking Clubmirrors pro-
grams in Taylor and Trenton, which
have also partnered in the Beaumont
Healthy Communities initiative. To par-
ticipate, all anyone has to do is sign up
with a walking partner. They're given a
Beaumont bag that includes a free
pedometer and a lanyard with the walk-
ing log so they can track their progress.
“You have to have a partner,” said
Ish-Green. “If you're doing it alone,
you're not necessarily committing to it.
With a partner you can encourage each
other.
“Each of the Healthy Communities is
doing some kind of walking activity,” she
added. “The whole idea is to try to get
people to add it into their routine.”
For filling out a schedule, Higgs was
entered into a drawing for a new Fitbit.
She won, but said she's since passed it
on to one of her daughters, who is train-
ing for a marathon. She didn't need it,
anyway.
“I tried it out for a couple of weeks
and it told me I was an over-achiever,”
she saidwith a chuckle.
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expected to participate in the annual
Health and Wellness Fair next week at
theRomulus Senior Center.
The Health Fair will take place from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 and is
open to all ages from Romulus and sur-
rounding communities but is targeted at
senior citizens.
The day will feature resources and
helpful information from a variety of ven-
dors including B Cross Blue Shield of
Michigan, Senior Alliance, Corpore Sano,
Beltone Hearing Center, Romulus
Athletic Center, the Lodge at Taylor,
Regency Health Care, Health Quest and
manymore.
“We are happy to continue our Health
Fair again this year and encourage all
residents, not just our seniors, to main-
tain an active and healthy lifestyle,” said
RomulusMayor LeRoyD. Burcroff.
There will be flu and shingles vaccina-
tions available with advance registration.
Other free offerings will include blood
pressure checks, blood sugar screenings,
raffles and prizes. The Senior Alliance
will be present assisting residents with
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“We have a great fair planned for this
year. There are many free offerings,
prizes and give-aways that we hope will
entice our residents to come and learn
about bettering their health,” said Rose
Swidan, senior services director for
Romulus.
The Senior Center is located at 36525
Bibbins inRomulus.
For more information, call Swidan at
(734) 955-4120.
Residents receive some cheerful and helpful advice during the Annual Romulus Health
and Wellness event.
Lynn Higgs, 80, has out walked the other members of the Healthy Wayne Walking
Club.
