Today is Walk to School Day

IWALK DAY Wednesday, October 8, 2008 www.iwalktoschool.org
International Walk to School events raise awareness about the importance of walking for day to day journeys in our communities. This worldwide event encourages schools to organize fun walk to school celebrations for a day, a week or the entire month. Canadian schools have celebrated walk to school events since 1998. Forty countries on all six continents celebrated iwalk 2007. Here in B.C., 600 B.C. schools participated in every geographic region of the province.
International Walk to School events inspire the world to Celebrate a full week of safe, active school travel Provide opportunities to practice traffic safety skills Reduce traffic congestion and emissions Increase environmental protection Get moving; be active Connect with our communities Have fun!