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8/27/08 - Check back soon for meeting minutes!
For Augus 26, 2008
WCAP Transportation Action Team to meet
Focus on Walk to School Program
Click HERE for Agenda
What if there was a way to energize your day, get fit and combat childhood obesity, talk and connect with your child and neighbors, save money on gas, avoid traffic jams and help the environment—all at the same time? The simple act of walking your child to school can accomplish that and more. Many people remember a time when walking or biking to school was the norm rather than the exception. Factors such as concern for safety and lack of time have caused a steady decline to a current low of about 10 percent.
The innovative concept of a walking school bus addresses such issues. A walking school bus is a group of children accompanied by one or more adults on the walk to or from school. The group may meet at one place and walk together or children may be “picked up” at their homes or at spots along the way.
Wakefield Climate Action Project (WCAP) Transportation Action Team will meet on Tuesday, August 26 at 7pm in the downstairs Lecture Hall of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library to plan a pilot elementary level walking program, possibly at the Dolbeare beginning this fall. Parents, caregivers and concerned citizens are welcome to attend. Contact Sherri Carlson at sjcarlson21@verizon.net or (781) 246-2106 with any questions or if you cannot attend the meeting but would like to help.
International Walk to School Day USA is October 8, and October is International Walk to School Month. Visit www.walkingschoolbus.org, www.saferoutesinfo.org, www.iwalktoschool.org and www.walktoschool.org for walk to school information. For further information on WCAP visit www.wakefieldcap.org.
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