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Every Step Counts available online Have you ever thought you could walk across the country? Of course you can. Every Step Counts is a walking program designed by the MUSC Wellness  committee to promote healthy habits among the MUSC community. The MUSC goal is to make it to the West Coast. As its name implies, Every Step Counts means that all steps on participants' step counters should be counted.  This includes early morning walks, walking around the house getting ready for work, walking from the parking lot and any other walking done during the day. Wear your step counter all day and enter your steps online at  http://www.muschealth.com website_req/steps/index.cfm.    You can view your progress on a log, check the page out for weekly fitness and nutrition tips. Topics include designing a walking program, what to wear, selection of walking shoes, prevention and treatment of walking injuries, nutrition, proper hydration, and ways to increase daily steps. Move more and eat less is the recipe for better health. Begin with only two small daily changes: take 2,000 more steps (about one mile) and eat 100 fewer calories (about a pat of butter). There is no cost to register for the Every Step Counts program. For information or for a step counter, e-mail evrystep@musc.edu. In addition, a wellness table will be at the Women's Resource Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 22 in the horseshoe.   Financial planning seminar to be held March 23 A seminar on the subject of basic finances and financial planning will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 23 in Room HE419.  During this session, Mark Stimpson, retirement and benefits specialist with Medical Center Human Resources Management, will discuss how to establish a solid foundation to finances and then how to successfully plan for your future. Attendance is free but seating is limited. For reservations, e-mail stimpso@musc.edu. The Office of Human Resources offers training and educational opportunities for numerous topics throughout the year. A schedule of topics can be viewed at http://www.musc.edu/medcenter/human_resources/CURRENT_EMPLOYEE_TRAINING.pdf.   Friday, March 18, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.