Steps to A Healthier New York celebrates an anniversary.

Program directors and Steps partners take day to look at what the program has achieved, and what the future could bring.

Take a Look.

The Steps to a Healthier New York program celebrates 4 years of better living.

And what better way to celebrate?

Getting all the steps partners together for a pep rally and some good old fashion exercise.

It's a chance to see where the program has been, where it is now and where it will go next.

Individual partners look back on the achievements the program has made for them.

Like getting more fruits and veggies in the lunch room at schools.

"We've been able to to take that program even farther this year. We've introduced the Rock-on café for all the elementary schools in Broome and Tioga Counties. Their support has been most important to make this work and we're very excited to be part of the steps program," says Food Service Director, Johnson City Schools Ray Denniston.

And looking at the present projects in motion.

Adding bike racks around the city of Binghamton.

"Part of our mission in Steps is to increase physical activity and to create an environment that will promote that. So by having bike racks we're giving a message that we are bicycle friendly as a city and encouraging people to bike around the city," says Broome Co. Public Health Director Claudia Edwards.

And turning to the future.

It's hard to say exactly where the steps program will be in 5, 10 15 years but it's easy to see the impact it has already made could stay in Broome County forever.

'It's given opportunity where people have now found there's a better way of lifestyle skills and they're gonna stay with it. So I think we can look back even years when the steps program itself may not be here, but we're gonna see the benefit of it," says Edwards.

Just taking those small steps to create a Healthier New York.

Four years and counting.

For more information, log onto www.broomesteps.org.