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REMINDER: May 10 - Walk 'n' Wheel Wednesday "3.0"
Published on May 9, 2017 18:34
On May 10th, join us for Walk 'n' Wheel Wednesday "3.0".
In May 2016, St. Angela Merici was approached by the town's Active Transportation and Recreation Committee to help spearhead what has become an annual event. St. Angela had already experienced much success having had run several Walking Wednesdays in prior months and so, our school was a natural choice to help introduce this to the larger community.
In October 2016, the event grew to four schools and interest among other elementary schools has continued to grow so that a total of 9 elementary schools will be participating this year.
Councillor Baynes, chair of the Active Transportation and Recreation Committee mentions that, "The original two key objectives have not changed at all. We want to encourage students of all ages to be active, and walking to School is a great starting point that we hope becomes a regular activity just not something that is done on a special event day. And the second objective happens automatically (or is it automagically in this case) as a result ... there is way less traffic congestion near and right at the Schools. Promoting active living while at the same time increasing safety near Schools. A double win for sure, concludes Baynes".
After your walk or wheel to school on May 10th, look for the canopy tent and table that will be set up, where staff, including Mr. Warman from the Town and Officer Elisabeth from South Simcoe Police, will greet you and celebrate your efforts by handing out "I Walk to School" ribbons. Canadian Tire is also supporting this event by donating to each participating school two bike helmets to be raffled off at a later time!
I encourage all of our parents and students to join us on May 10th for what will be a wonderful event!
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