Blue Zones at F1S

How do we maintain healthy relationships? By spending time together!

In the worlds' blue zones, friends make time to get together after work and in other free time to relax and catch up with one another. What after-work friendships do you maintain? Do you invest your time in relationships that extend beyond work?

Blue Zones people who use their time to connect and unwind with friends after work have a better outlook and can navigage work challenges together, better.

This month, invite some friends to have coffee after work to relax and appreciate your relatinship as both co-workers and as friends.

This month, watch for information on our Spring "Create a Moai" challenge. The new challenge will run from February 2 - April 24, 2026, and it can be an idea that YOU create! Think about fun reasons to get together that align with our Power 9 Principles, such as: Walking daily, Weekly Blue Zones Recipe Potlucks, Fellowship & Yoga/Exercise groups, Book Clubs, Weight Loss, Arts & Crafts weekly groups, etc. Some creative people are forming weekly Sewing, Line dancing, Cycling, Movie night, and Gardening groups. Your imagination and the Power-9 should guide your idea for bringing co-workers together for 10 weeks.

To lead a MOAI, click below. Find your positive pack and register your Moai by the deadline of January 23rd.

F1S's first Moai Challenge was an overwhelming success, with 74 Moais formed to walk together for 10 weeks!. Florence 1 Schools had a total of 290 walkers successfully complete the challenge.

This past December, Moai Leaders, Blue Zones Ambassadors, and Blue Zones Executive Committee members met to celebrate the completion of the challenge with food, fellowship, and prizes.

Congratulations to our Fall "Walk at Work" Moai Challenge Winners:

1. Advantage Academy Ants (AAA's), Advantage Academy - Robbie Burns, Moai Leader - FIRST PLACE
2. The Walking Dead, CDC at Woods Road - Cameron Capostosti, Moai Leader - SECOND PLACE
3. Royall Roadsters, Royall Elementary School - Rebecca Campbell, Moai Leader - THIRD PLACE

1. The Energized Educators, Delmae Elementary School - Allison Tanner, Moai Leader - FIRST PLACE
2. AAA's, Advantage Academy - Robbie Burns, Moai Leader - SECOND PLACE
3. The Gogh Getters, South Florence High School - Danielle Hubbard, Moai Leader - THIRD PLACE

1. Advantage Academy - Bryan Dubose, Director; Robbie Burns, Blue Zones Ambassador - FIRST PLACE. 42% of their employees completed the Moai Challenge!
2. Lucy T. Davis Elementary School - Sony Graves, Principal; Will Venable, Blue Zones Ambassador - SECOND PLACE. 37% of their employees completed the Moai Challenge!
3. Delmae Elementary School - Roy Jolley, Principal; Suzel Henriquez & Theodora Mitropoulos, Blue Zones Ambassadors - THIRD PLACE. 30% of their employees completed the Moai Challenge!

T-shirts will be delivered in January for all employees, as a gift from the Blue Zones! Please, please please wear them FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th...

Why? Because that is National Have Fun At Work Day!

(Yes... that's a REAL thing.)

Take a photo of you and co-workers having FUN at work while wearing your Blue Zones/F1S t-shirt, and upload it using the link below. We ways to share photos, as we celebrate that work can be FUN!

Ambassador Sheila Bresnan is a commited and creative Blue Zones Ambassador. She regularly gets on her school's daily announcements and send her coworkers encouragement regarding the Blue Zone Power 9 principles, and it shows. At a recent Surprise Smoothie Pop-Up event, North Vista staff were exceptionally well-aware of Blue Zones at F1S and its components.

Recently, in the month of November, F1S focused on “Loved Ones First.“ Bresnan ran with it! She talked about the importance of keeping family first as a well-being best practice on her school's announcements and then posted a giant sign in the hallway where students and teachers they could post about their loved ones as they walked past.
Being a Blue Zones Ambassador is about creatively encouraging one another. Thank you to Ms. Bresnan for her consistent focus on the well-being of her school's staff, students, and families.