JOIN US IN CELEBRATING WACKY WINTER WALK & ROLL MONTH THIS DECEMBER!
While we're out walking and rolling this December, notice what's around you, keeping us safe or making the world interesting, beautiful or even a little wacky! This December, we challenge you to get outside, explore your route to school or neighborhoods, and complete our Wacky Winter Walk & Roll Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win a colorful, hand-knitted wacky winter walk & roll hat!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN WACKY WINTER WALK & ROLL MONTH:
1. JOIN US ON WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY!
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF December - or whenever your school chooses to celebrate - Walk or Bicycle to School (or anywhere!). If you're school has a Wacky Winter Walk & Roll to School event, be sure to participate, wear bright colors, and be counted!
2. COMPLETE AND SUBMIT OUR DECEMBER WACKY WINTER SCAVENGER HUNT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A COLORFUL HAND-KNITTED HAT!
You do not have to find every single thing on the Scavenger Hunt - find as much as you can and submit when you have found all you can.
Submit to Safe Routes to School (may be submitted via email or the mail) and received no later than Monday January 20th
ALL December Challenge submissions will be entered into a drawing for a colorful wacky-winter hand knit hat. Winner will be announced in January, and prize will be delivered directly to winners. Questions? Email Safe Routes to School
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING WALK & ROLL FOR OUR HeARTS MONTH THIS FEBRUARY!
This February, we challenge you to walk & roll to school, explore your neighborhoods, and stretch your artistic muscles by drawing about what you LOVE about Walking & Rolling, for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to a local Art Supply store and be featured in a printed "Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS" calendar!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN WALK & ROLL FOR OUR HeARTS MONTH
1. Participate in your school's Walk & Roll to School Day and/or walk to/from school or anywhere whenever you can!
2. DRAW A PICTURE DEMONSTRATING WHY YOU LOVE WALKING AND/OR ROLLING. Your picture should illustrate why or how it is fun and/or healthy for our hearts, minds and bodies.
3. Then, submit your drawing to SRTS for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to a local art supply store, and be featured in a "Walk & Roll for our HeARTS" printed wall calendar.
Put your best effort into an original picture illustrating why walking and/or rolling is fun and/or healthy for our hearts, minds and bodies.
Artwork must be 8.5"x11", and must be landscape orientation
All mediums are welcome: drawing, painting, mixed media, digital illustration, etc. If utilizing mixed media/collage elements, no more than 20% of collage materials may be from newspapers, magazines, books or other materials pre-printed with text or designs (such as scrapbook paper)
Submit a high-resolution, scanned copy in JPG or PDF format to saferoutes@bikesonoma.org OR mail to Safe Routes to School, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 3088, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-3088
Include your name, school name, grade level, and homeroom teacher, and a way to contact you (phone or email)
Artwork will be judged on the following criteria: creativity and originality, clarity of art's message to communicating the theme, quality and effort put into illustration, and representation of diversity and inclusivity.
All entries must be received by Monday, March 3, 2025
Select submissions will be chosen to be featured in our Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS Printed Wall Calendar. Wall Calendars and a $25.00 gift card will be given to the winning students. Calendars will be provided to the teacher of the winning students, and the principal of the winning students. Questions? Email Safe Routes to School
PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS/TEACHERS:
February Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS Video Commercial (coming soon!)
We challenge you to be Idle-Free with Safe Routes to Schools! That means, turn off your car engine when waiting more than 30-seconds. Idle Free Promotional Materials may be utilized by any school at any time of year.
HOW TO PROMOTE AN IDLE-FREE MONTH:
Get educated about the benefits of turning off your engine when waiting more than 30-seconds!
Read this Facts About Idling Fact Sheet in English or Spanish and/or read/share a shorter Instagram-size Fact Sheet in English or Spanish!
Consider creating an Idle Free Pledge that parents can sign, using Google Forms, with an incentive for them to fill out the pledge. See sample Idle-Free Bay Sonoma County Pledge (English) or Spanish (Note: Please do not share the links to these sample pledges, they are no longer being monitored)
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH THIS NOVEMBER!
Six year old Ruby Bridges stepped into the history books in 1960 when she integrated William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans, becoming a national icon for the civil rights movement. Today, her story continues to inspire the next generation of leaders to end racism together, one step at a time. Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day started with a group of AAA School Safety Patrollers from Martin Elementary in South San Francisco. Nearly 60 years later, when they heard about Ruby's courage and bravery for the first time, they thought there should be a day to commemorate the movement she started. These students took their idea to the state legislature, and today Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day will be recognized by the State of California on November 14th of each year. Now, schools across California and the United States continue to honor Ruby's legacy in their own way, including by Celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day durinig the month of November. Whether Sonoma County schools celebrate on November 14th or another date in November, Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day commemorates her historic steps and continues the movement to end racism and unify our communities.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH:
1. PRINCIPALS/SRTS CHAMPIONS: REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL WITH AAA/THE RUBY BRIDGES FOUNDATION
Registered schools will be counted as part of the movement. And, while supplies last, receive free "swag" from AAA - posters, pins, banners, and more - to help make your Ruby Bridges Day a success. If your site registered too late to receive "swag" from AAA, please contact us - we can provide Ruby Bridges stickers to an registered site.
3. STUDENTS: COMPLETE AND SUBMIT OUR RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY BINGO (by Monday 12/2/24) FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $25.00 GIFT CARD TO COPPERFIELD'S BOOKSTORE.
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL (& ANYWHERE) MONTH THIS OCTOBER!
October is International Walk & Roll to School Month! Join us - and kids from all over the world - on International Walk & Roll to School DAY on Wednesday, October 9th (or an alternative date of your school's choice). In addition, we challenge you to walk & roll to school or anywhere on as many days as you can during the month of October, and recording it on our Walk & Roll Anywhere Challenge Sheet!
Schools, please REGISTER HERE to participate in Sonoma County's event and receive printed posters, swag, and be included on the list of schools sent to law enforcement and the media!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL (& ANYWHERE) MONTH:
1. PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SCHOOL'S INTERNATIONAL WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY EVENT! Your school may celebrate on Wednesday October 9th, or they may choose an alternative date. On that day, travel to school by your human power - walk, bike, scooter, skateboard, skates, unicycles, wheelchair - either from home or from a drop-off spot at least a ~10 minute walk from school. And have fun!
2. COMPLETE AND SUBMIT OUR OCTOBER CHALLENGE ACTIVITY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A GIFT CARD FOR A FAMILY ICE-CREAM OUTING!
Walk or Roll to School (or anywhere) on as many days as you can during the month of October, circling the mode or modes you used each day. Also, tell us why it's good for you and/or the earth to walk & roll!
Submit to Safe Routes to School, as directed (may be submitted via email or the mail), by Monday 11/4/24.
ALL October Challenge submissions will be entered into a drawing for a family ice-cream outing.
Winners will be announced in November, and a gift card for an ice-cream outing will be given or mailed directly to winners.
