Have you ever been confused about who does what to advance Safe Routes to School?
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Let's Move!: First Lady Column on Physical Activity
I remember when I was a kid, all my friends and I wanted to do after school was run around outside until dinner. And even then, we didn't really want to come inside. But now, with video games, the internet, and entire TV networks geared toward kids, there's a lot more competition for our children's free time. And as we've seen more and more, when kids aren't moving, when they're not active, they're less likely to grow up healthy — and it's a significant factor in our country's building epidemic of childhood obesity.
2nd Safe Routes to School National Conference Call for Proposals
Learn how Safe Routes to School programs across the country are changing the habits of an entire generation of schoolchildren and putting thousands of families two steps ahead of health and environmental concerns at the 2nd Safe Routes to School National Conference:
August 19–21, 2009
Hilton Portland
Portland, Oregon
Please keep checking www.saferoutesconference.org for registration information.
There will be a pre-conference workshop on health issues.
Local host sought for the 2nd Safe Routes to School National Conference
The National Center for Safe Routes to School and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership are now seeking proposals from potential host agencies to organize the 2nd Safe Routes to School National Conference which will take place during the summer or autumn of 2009. The deadline for proposal submissions is July 1, 2008. To download the complete request, please visit www.saferoutesinfo.org/events-and-training/conferences.
Charleston, West Virginia: SRTS Program
Introduction
West Virginia: Safe Routes West Virginia
Introduction
Mount Vernon, Washington: Community partnership helps SRTS pilot project expand
Introduction
Lincoln Elementary School is in Mount Vernon, Wash., a small city in a rural county. Many of the roads surrounding the school are suitable for walking, but until the introduction of a Healthy School pilot program in 2006, not many students were encouraged to walk to school.
Auburn, Washington: Collaboration Creates Success
Introduction
In 1995, the Auburn School District linked concerns about the high cost of transportation and increased childhood obesity to create cooperation that has led to 20 percent of its district’s students walking to school.
“The key to our program is the partnership,” said Jim Denton, Director of Transportation for the Auburn School District in Auburn, WA, for 12 years.