First Annual Pi Day Pivot

Participate in Happy Monkey's first-ever virtual Pi Day Pivot this Monday!! Finisher medals, special awards, and an opportunity to support the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV). Just do it... you won't regret it!

What is a Pi Day?

On March 14th (3.14), many people throughout the world may (or may not) celebrate Pi Day. By celebrate, I mean do something odd/fun/silly with respect to the number 3.1415926535897... or, the irrational, transcendental number we know as Pi

Why a Pi Day Pivot? Really?

Well… to pivot is to move around some central point. While for some, Pi may be the pivotal point of March 14^th, we have been fearfully and wonderfully made as humans. Exercise and health should be fun and not something to dread. Family, fitness, and fun are the tri-fold point around which this Happy Monkey event is based… the first annual Pi Day Pivot... in virtual form.

Everyone is invited to participate and we will be giving out actual participant awards and even a few specialty awards.

HOW CAN YOU BE PART of this Happy Monkey Pi Day Pivot?

STEP 1: Select some physical activity you would like to perform on Monday (3/14). It can be anything that gets your blood pumping: walking, running, biking, swimming, taking the stairs at work, walking the dog or children, WiiFit, DanceDance Revolution (DDR) or something a little more Pi Day themed... running in circles, hula hoop, pie tossing. ANY physical activity counts so ANYONE can do this.

STEP 2: Set a goal. Then send that goal, if the goal was completed, name, gender, age, and mailing address to our email (HappyMonkeys42@gmail.com) or post in the Comments section of this Event page. Deadline for submissions is noon of Tuesday, 15 March 2011. Your Pi Day Pivot activity MUST be completed ON Monday to count.

STEP 3: Please consider making a donation. Many races and events have registration fees. At Happy Monkey, our goal is to have events that are solely donation-driven. You only pay what you can afford or feel the event is worth.

Happy Monkey has pledged to donate a significant portion of donations from each event in support of some non-profit, organization, cause or charity (or grouping thereof). This virtual event (Pi Day Pivot) is being held to benefit the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV).

Not only can you get a fun workout, you can show your support for HEAV and for the amazing amount of work they do to make homeschooling in Virginia a reality. Donations can be made through PayPal to HappyMonkeys42@gmail.com or mailed to Happy Monkey,

5612 Princess Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

. Make checks payable to Jason or Ruth Cooper. You may also click here to donate.

STEP 4: Make sure you complete your physical activity goal on Monday and email or post confirmation of your completion. Let us know how you did and what you gained by this experience.

STEP 5: Sit back and wait for your award to arrive. Each participant fulfilling the requirements of the Happy Monkey Pi Day Pivot (Steps 1-4) will be awarded a frame worthy certificate and a finisher medal. That's right, a MEDAL... which will be mailed to the address you provide us.

In addition to finisher medals, there are 3.14 areas in which you can win an additional award:

PI-TH AWARD: This first surprise award will go to the 14th and 314th submissions (being optimistic here) which we receive via email and/or Facebook. Event registrations will be ordered by time stamp; any submission from a different time zone will first be converted to EST before ranking. You may submit your goal and other information immediately and hold your ranking spot. However, if no confirmation of completion is submitted by the deadline of noon, Tuesday, 15 March 2011, that position will be lost and the next registration will move into that place.

INS-PI-RE AWARD: This second special award will go to the individual who submits and completes the most creative Pi Day Pivot goal. Go all out. Be REALLY creative and shock and awe the judges.

PI-ATHLETE AWARD: This third secret award will go to the individual who submits and completes a minimum of three separate events on Monday, 14 March 2011. In the event of more than one individual completing a PI-athlon, a decision will be based on the total distances covered, total time involved, and overall intensity achieved. Example One: Swim 314 meters, bike 314 meters, run 314 meters. Example Two: Run up three flights of stairs, do DDR for 31 minutes, jump rope for 3 minutes.

PI-LANTHROPIST AWARD: This stellar point-one-four-th award will go to the individual who donates the $314^th dollar in support of the Happy Monkey Pi Day Pivot and the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV).

And just in case you’re curious, Happy Monkey is a racing and events organization founded in 2011 by Jason and Ruth Cooper as a way to raise support for groups and causes we (and others) care about and to provide a fun, quirky, and unusual twist on physical fitness for the entire family.

Thank you for joining us in our second racing event. Without you, we wouldn’t even exist!