Benefiting Over
100 Food Pantries
in Southern Wisconsin
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| Dates for the challenge January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013 |
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FAQs |
Table of Contents:
REGISTRATIONQ: Should I sign up for losing weight or exercise? A: It's up to you but we seem to always get many requests from people to switch from losing weight to exercise since it's much easier to exercise for an hour than lose a pound of weight. You will earn more food for your food pantry by choosing exercise. Also, when we have to switch you from losing weight to exercise, we essentially have to delete your account and let you sign up all over. The easier way to switch is to sign up for exercise with a new email account if you want to switch but please just do either weight loss or exercise - not both. Q: Can I register as a family? A: No, each person must register separately. Registration is done with an email address. If you need an email address, then sign up for a free email account at a website like Yahoo. You can certainly create a team that's a family. Q: Can I register a private team that nobody else can join? A: All teams that are created are public accessible. Q: There already is someone using our email address. How can I register? A: There is only one account allowed per email address because we send out email reminders to you. If you need to register another person, then we suggest getting an additional email account from your Internet service provider or else go get a free email account at a website like Yahoo. Q: How much food is donated if I choose the fitness category? A: You may choose weight loss OR fitness. If you enter under fitness, you have three options - each one increasing in exercise commitment and intensity. The greater the commitment level, the larger the food donation:
Q: Will I get reminder emails so I remember to enter my weight loss or exercise? A: Yes, the reminder emails are sent out every Friday while the program is in effect. You should record your weight or exercise on Mondays for the previous week. One reporting week runs from Tuesday through Monday. Q: Do I have to be a member of the Princeton Club to be in the Million Pound Challenge? A: No, you do not. A health club like the Princeton Club can certainly help you lose weight but you do not need to be a member to join. You can be a member of another gym or not be a member of any gym. In order to use the Princeton Clubs, one would need to become a Princeton Club member. Memberships vary in length and price (for example; a 24 month couple membership is $36 a month each). Stop in one of the clubs and they can help get you started, if you desire to do so. Q: Can I sign up for both losing weight and exercising? A: You may choose one or the other to participate in. So choose weight loss OR fitness, but not both. Q: Is there a cost? A: No, no cost! Q: Is there an official weigh in? A: No, it's just on the good, old honor system. You will report your weight here by logging in with the account that you create. Q: What is the maximum amount of weight or exercise that will be counted per person? A: We are now allowing all the weight that you have lost be counted toward donations, so please report your weight. Q: How do we keep track of our weight loss, individually or as a group total? It appears that after I register the team, we each log in and add our names, individually, to the Team. Am I correct? I'm guessing that we each individually report our weight loss on our own, is this correct? A: You, (and the members of your team), will log on the web site and record your weight loss each week, by using your password, and entering your weight loss for the week, this is done individually. The total pounds lost will be shown as one number for your whole group or team. Q: How is the weight loss goal set? A: Each person sets their own weight loss goal when they register. A maximum of 2 lbs per week, or 42 pounds total, (over the 21 weeks) will be allowed. As they achieve their weight loss, and record it each week, they will see how many pounds of food they have help contribute through Second Harvest, to their favorite local pantry. If someone losses the max of 42 lbs, they would get credit for 420 pounds of food! Q: How confidential are your listings? Will my name be published and can others see my name and progress? A: Your name and weight loss will be kept strictly confidential. Q: Can I switch from losing weight to hours exercised or vice versa? A: You can. To do that, we'll have to remove your account and then you can re-register again, choosing the option that you want. Send an email to Tony ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) requesting this. Q: I said I would lose 12 pounds, so why does it say I'm going to lose 120 pounds? A: The 12 pounds is your goal and for each 1 pound of weight you lose, 10 pounds is donated (ten times). That's why it says 120 pounds. You only have to lose your 12 - or more!
TEAMSQ: Does the person that made the team enter everyone's weight or do they do that individually? A: Each person enters their own weight using their own account that they created. Q: Do I need to enter our pledge? I see other 'teams' listed and once I have a commitment from my congregation, I would like to make it public. A: You can be the one that can register and enter your team or group, (using your churches name, or any team name you wish). Then each time a new person registers, they can choose to join your team. They also get to pick which pantry receives their food pledge. Pretty sweet! Q: A team was created after I registered. Can I join that team now? A: Yes, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it stating which team you would like to switch to. The email will need to come from the email address you registered with. Q: How can I see who is on my team? A: Team captains (person who started the team) can see the progress of your team on the Teams page. They can see just the names and email addresses of people on their team. They cannot see any information about their weight or how much they have lost. Team captains: when you login to your page to enter your weight, you'll see a link at the bottom with your team name. Click on that link to see who is on your team. If this is not clear to you, then download and view this PDF file: Q: If duplicate teams are being created, are you cleaning that up? A: Yes, we are. So if you created a team with a similar name as another team, you may have noticed that you've been moved to a different team. Q: Why isn't my team showing up right away? I just registered it and do not see it. A: It does take some time for the team to show up. Please be patient and check back a little later.
SCHOOL TEAMSA: This is a new feature from 2012! Schools can sign up (exercise only - not for weight loss) and the time they spend exercising in gym class, at recess or other athletic activities counts toward hours exercised, which earns food for local food pantries! Schools should sign up as a single team since schools compete against each other. Either the school's Principal or Gym Teacher should sign up for the school. All exercise time should be reported to that person and then that person alone should be reporting those hours at the website.
FOOD PANTRIESQ: My local food pantry isn't on the list. Can it be added? / Why isn't my food pantry listed? A: The Million Pound Challenge is a partnership between Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin and the Princeton Club. If you do not see your pantry listed, there could be many reasons:
If you still feel your pantry should be listed or have additional questions, please email Anna Nelson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Q: Can we request several different locations to have the food dontated, as several of us are from Rock County? A: Yes, you can each individually choose which local pantries you would like to see receive your food donation. Q: Can I change my food pantry? A: Yes and no... to help us and Second Harvest manage the food pantry payouts correctly, we've disabled the place in your profile where you can change food pantries. If possible, please do not change them because it creates extra management work on our end. If you must change your food pantry, then let us know (email
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) and then we will have to delete your account manually, have it still exist as sort of a "dummy" account (that you can no longer use) and then let you sign up for new account that just lets you post weight or exercise only from that date forward (yeah, it's kind of a hassle - especially after the first week).
USERNAMES AND PASSWORDSQ: I tried to reset my username and password and it did not work. A: Please make sure you copy and paste that token key. Do not try to type it in manually because if you miss one character or get one character wrong, it will not work. Q: I can't remember my password. What should I do? A: You can request that your password be sent to you on this page.
REPORTING WEIGHT LOSS OR EXERCISEQ: I missed putting in my weight loss or exercise. Can I still enter it? A: Yes, as long as you were signed up for that week, you can report it at anytime. It's best to keep reporting it as you go so that you keep the momentum and also keep our donation statistics up to date. You can only enter weight loss or exercise for the current week but if you missed reporting for the previous week, then you can still enter it even if it's the next week. Q: I've lost 5 lbs. of weight and it's showing that I've donated 40 lbs. of food, not 50 lbs. What's going on? A: There is a 2 lb. per week max. so you probably have maxed it out 2 weeks in a row, for a total of 4 lbs. lost and 40 lbs. of food donated. Q: Will I get reminder emails so I remember to enter my weight loss or exercise? A: Yes, the reminder emails are sent out every Friday while the program is in effect. You should record your weight or exercise on Mondays for the previous week. One reporting week runs from Tuesday through Monday. |
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