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Mark Your Calendar
Next Year's Event Date is
October 3, 2012
Walk to School is a fun, educational event involving children, parents, and community leaders. If you are interested in raising awareness about:
- Reinforcing children’s good traffic safety skills
- Creating and maintaining safe places for children to walk and bike within their neighborhood
- Promoting the fact that children need regular physical activity to stay strong and healthy
Consider becoming a coordinator for your school. Principals, teachers, parents … anyone can become a coordinator. Get your school principal’s permission to coordinate your event and start planning today!
- Walkabilty checklist in three languages
- Nutrition information
- Important resources within your city
- Ideas for classroom activities
- Suggestions for immediate and long-term changes
- Sample letters to stakeholders
- Supplemental educational handouts
- Suggested timeline
- Examples of successful events within our county
- Information on how to get publicity
- Sample proclamation letters
- Where to go for funding opportunities
You’ll also receive Technical assistance from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
How Can I Get Started?
You can download your toolkit online! Remember you must have your school principal’s consent before organizing the event. If you need help, please download a copy of our “letter to the principal” to get you started.
- Letter to the Principal
- Success Stories
- Keep Me Informed
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