Please join URecFit and Wellness for a health and wellness challenge. Sign up with us and receive weekly tips and encouragement, connect with other participants asynchronously, and join an in-person opening/closing event. Prizes will also be raffled off throughout each challenge.
2025 Asynchronous Health Challenges
Summer Reading Challenge Join URFW and HSHSL this summer 2025 for a Summer Reading Challenge! Research shows that regular reading improves brain connectivity, increases vocabulary and comprehension, prevents cognitive decline, and strengthens empathy. Reading also aids in sleep readiness, stress reduction, lowers blood pressure and heart rate, fights depression symptoms, and contributes to a longer life. Start reading today for better health!
How to Participate Please register here and download a digital tic-tac-toe board to track your summer reading. Read at least two different book genres to be entered to win raffle prizes such as a kindle or URFW swag bag. The program runs July 7 – August 29. Participants will receive one additional raffle entry for each contribution of a leisure book to build the BookWell Library located in the wellness suite on the fifth floor of URecFit and Wellness. Submit your digital tic-tac-toe board here anytime during the challenge, OR you can print your board and submit to the drop box in the wellness suite on the 5th floor in URecFit and Wellness..
HSHSL Leisure Reading Collection Joining the summer reading challenge? Check out the HSHSL’s leisure reading collection of recent best-selling fiction and nonfiction on the library’s first floor. Library staff can also help you borrow titles from other University System of Maryland libraries.
Past Challenges:
Self-care and Sleep Challenge
“Move More, Feel Your Best” Asynchronous Challenge
'Interlude' Digital Wellness Challenge
Summer Hydration Challenge
Healthy Sleep Challenge
Spring in Your Step Walking Challenge
Outdoor Wellness Challenge
