Looking for a new routine this school year and interested in giving bike riding to campus a go? There are resources out there to help you and your child on your way. Some good information can be had at www.sonomasaferoutes.org as well as at www.safekidssonomacounty.org/resources_bike_safety.htm#top These sites will direct parents [...]
The folks in Sebastopol win the prize for first submissions of their International Walk and Roll to School Day festivities. These shots are of families in the Sebastopol school district who were joined by members of the Sebastopol Police as well as city council members when they gathered at the [...]
All sun, no rain…International Walk and Roll to School Day happened around Sonoma County today under surprisingly blue skies. Some schools canceled or postponed the event in anticipation of poor weather…but those rains never materialized. If your school or class or family did something special for the day today, email [...]
International Walk and Roll to School Day is coming up on Oct. 5. As in the past, if your school or class is doing it up for the event this year, email photos to Kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com and I will post as many as I can. Please make sure the photos are [...]
International Walk and Roll to School Day is coming up on Oct. 5. As in the past, if your school or class is doing it up for the event this year, email photos to Kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com and I will post as many as I can. Please make sure the photos are [...]
International Walk and Roll to School Day is coming up on Oct. 5. As in the past, if your school or class is doing it up for the event this year, email photos to Kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com and I will post as many as I can. Please make sure the photos are [...]
Final tallies for International Walk and Roll to School Day in Sonoma County are in. Seventy-three schools participated in the Oct. 6 event, up from 50 last year. More than 10,600 students walked and biked to school on the day, according to Beth Dadko, health information specialist with the county’s [...]
Better (a little late) than never, here are some shots from Kawana Elementary’s successful International Walk and Roll to School Day on Oct. 6. According to Kawana’s team leader Bobbi Cardwell, 138 students walked, another four cycled to school and they had one student get to campus by way of [...]
Helen Lehman principal Bev Jones reports that nearly half of the 530 students at the Jennings Avenue campus (three large busses that usually are packed ran half empty, she said). Teachers at Lehman donated three bike helmets for raffle winners and other students won Frisbees donated by Safe Routes to [...]