Welcome!
Welcome to the Great West Region! Learn about our efforts to help those living with arthritis and the other offices in our region!
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Start A Smileage Contest At Your Job!
The Arthritis Foundation, Great West Region “Smileage” Contest
In 2012, the Arthritis Foundation, Great West Region introduced the “Smileage” Contest to help all employees get in shape, stay in shape or raise the bar!
Randomly assigned teams of employees track their daily physical movement and earn smileys for every 30 minutes of exercise. Walk for thirty minutes and get one smiley – run for one hour, get two smileys – cycle for two hours and the reward is four smileys. The team with the highest number of smileys at the end of each month is awarded fabulous prizes by the Regional CEO (the head honcho). The results are friendly competition, increased camaraderie, teamwork and best of all, helping those living with arthritis.
Download a sample tracking calendar
The Arthritis Foundation, Great West Region serves over 2,996,000 people with arthritis in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
Life Improvement Series Programs
Arthritis Foundation Life Improvement Series programs are designed to help you live better with arthritis. Learn more about these fitness programs (Aquatic, Exercise, Tai Chi and Walk With Ease) and how you can participate or become an instructor today!
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Kids and Teens Get Arthritis Too!
Visit our Kids And Teens page for information on our juvenile arthritis programs!
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Azaleas for Arthritis
Send a beautiful azalea to a loved one and help the over 50 million people living with arthritis.
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Shoulder Arthritis Blog
Keep up to date on shoulder arthritis by following Dr. Frederick A. Matsen's blog. Gain valuable information on treatments, exercise, medications and more!
http://shoulderarthritis.blogspot.com
Let's Move Together!
Make a Commitment to Move in 2011!
The Arthritis Foundation invites you to join Let's Move Together, a nationwide movement that encourages everyone to make physical activity a daily habit. Add more exercise to your life today and take a step toward betther health.
Click here for more information.
Gift Giving Opportunities
The Arthritis Foundation's Hope Through HeroesSM is a memorial and tribute site dedicated to people who live with and have lived with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms. This is a place where you can honor or commemorate the life of a friend or loved one by sharing their inspirational stories of hope.
There are many different ways to support the work of the Arthritis Foundation...gifts of cash, real estate, securities, and personal property. You can also help by contributing a planned gift. Bequests (gifts made via wills) are one of the Foundation's most vital sources of income. Memorial and/or honor gifts in the name of friends and relatives are a thoughtful way to remember someone special.
Please contact Eric Campbell for more information .
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
ARTHRITIS ANSWERS HELPLINE
1-800-542-0295
