[Vision2020] PR - International Walk To School Day

[Stephanie Kalasz]

Press Release - International Walk to School Day

 

To:      Interested Media

From:  Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor

            206 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho 83843

Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018

E-mail: griedner at ci.moscow.id.us

c:         Mayor, City Council, All City Users

Re:      City of Moscow Press Release

Date:   October 1, 2009

 

For Immediate Release:

 

International Walk to School Day

 

Moscow, Idaho - The City of Moscow and University of Idaho Safe Routes
to School Program is sponsoring a celebration of International Walk to
School Day on October 7, 2009.  The Moscow School District Elementary,
Junior High School and Charter Schools are invited to join schools from
around the world to celebrate along with parents, teachers and community
leaders. 

            

Approximately 1,000 students from the Moscow School District Elementary
and Junior High School and Charter Schools are expected to participate
by walking to school Wednesday, October 7 along with parents, teachers
and community leaders. 

            

The event will begin before school with kids, parents and community
leaders walking from their homes to school.  Students who walk or bike
to school will receive special prizes and acknowledgment for
participating in the Walk to School Day event. 

            

In the U.S., International Walk to School Day is expected to include
5,000 schools from all 50 states.  Walkers from the U.S. will join
children and adults in 40 countries around the world.

            

Walk to School events work to create safer routes for walking and
bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing
physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion,
concern for the environment and building connections between families,
schools and the broader community. 

 

The event is being organized by the City of Moscow and University of
Idaho Safe Routes to School Program.  Safe Routes to School encourages
safe walking and riding to school, promotes biking and walking education
and engages the community to build a more walkable and bikeable Moscow.


 

For additional local information, please contact University of Idaho
coordinators Christa Davis at 208-885-7921 or Helen Brown at
helenb at uidaho.edu. 

 

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For additional information, please visit these Web sites:

 

International Walk to School in the USA
www.walktoschool.org                         

National Center for Safe Routes to School
www.saferoutesinfo.org 

International Walk to School
www.iwalktoschool.org

                   

 

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