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Every Day in May Health Challenge

2026 Registration is Now Open!

The annual Every Day in May Health Challenge combines various healthy habits, such as physical activity, nutrition, water consumption, and self-care practices, into a fun, friendly competition between colleagues.  Sign-up today for your chance to win prizes, while reaping the benefits of healthy habits and connecting with your team!

How to Sign up?

  1. Form a Team:
  • Ontario Tech employees will form teams of 4 to 7 people
  • Come up with a Team Name
  • Assign a Team Captain
  1. Register/Sign-up your Team

How does the Challenge work?

  1. Participate in the Health Challenge

Using the 2026 Every Day in May Point Tracker [coming soon] (please click 'enable editing' after downloading), each team member will collect points for their team between May 1-31, by completing the following activities:

  • Being physically active
  • Consuming fruits/vegetables
  • Drinking water
  • Practicing self-care activities*
  • Weekly Bonus activity*
    *A full list of self-care and bonus activities can be found on tabs within the Every Day in May Point Tracker.
  1. Submit your points weekly

Each team member is responsible for providing their weekly point total to their Team Captain.

Team Captains will use the Captain's Tally Sheet [coming soon] (please click 'enable editing' after downloading) to record their team member’s weekly point totals and then submit their team’s weekly total using the Captain’s Weekly Submission Link.
Note: Late submissions will not be counted toward your team’s overall score.

Submission dates are as follows:

  • Week 1 (May 1-3), Submit on or before Wednesday, May 6
  • Week 2 (May 4-10), Submit on or before Wednesday, May 13
  • Week 3 (May 11-17), Submit on or before Wednesday, May 20
  • Week 4 (May 18-24), Submit on or before Wednesday, May 27
  • Week 5 (May 25-31), Submit on or before Wednesday, June 3

Enhancements for the 2026 Challenge

From your feedback, we continue to refine this annual event.  For the 2026 challenge, here’s what’s changed:

  1. There are more ways to collect bonus points!
  2. More concrete requirements for tracking physical activity.  Completing any physical activity for 30-minutes will get you the daily 30-points.  Note: You can combine multiple physical activity sessions to attain the 30-minutes, as long as each session is a minimum of 10-minutes.
  3. Physical Activity Bonus - With May's warmer weather, you've told us you're spending more time outside, so a physical activity bonus has been added.  Attain this bonus activity by completing 30-additional minutes of physical activity.

Are there prizes?

Yes! Beyond the fun of friendly competition and health benefits of participating in healthy habits, the prizes are as follows:

  • Top 3 Teams with the most points (points will be averaged by the number of team members)
  • Weekly Participation Prizes

Please direct questions to wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca