Schools
Tomorrow is International Walk to School Day
Sponsored by the Georgia DOT, the day is meant to encourage students to walk to school.
Schools all over the state are celebrating International Walk to School Day tomorrow, Oct. 5. More than one hundred schools are participating, including Brookwood Elementary school.
The effort is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Resource Center in an effort to reduce congestion and send a message to students and their families. This is the program's 14th year.
“International Walk to School Day events help create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize important issues such as traffic congestion, pedestrian safety, increasing physical activity among children, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community,” noted Sarah Knight, Georgia SRTS Resource Center Manager, in a press release.
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International Walk to School Day was founded in 1997 by Partnership for a Walkable America, an alliance of groups that want to make walking safer, easier and more enjoyable.
Schools interested in Safe Routes to School should contact their local School Outreach Coordinator. More information about the Georgia Safe Routes to School Resource Center and the October 5 International Walk to School Day is available by calling the hotline at 1.877.436.8927 at www.SafeRoutesGA.org.
