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New Brunswick Dads Walk Your Child to School Day
Dads Walk Your Child to School Day aims to promote fathers and male caregivers having an active role in a child's life, education, health, and well being. The school-organized events take place in September and could include dads walking their children to school, helping with homework, playing sports together, and volunteering. [...]
Nominate your school and municipality for the NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program! Applications due January 31, 2018
If your school or municipality is involved in the NJ Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, it’s time to nominate them for all their hard work! The first step towards having your SRTS project recognized is to complete the online nomination form and identify a SRTS Champion to build and lead your team. As [...]
Apply now for the NACDD Walkability Action Institute!
Are you interested in healthy, walkable communities? So is the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)! The application period for the 4th Annual NACDD Walkability Action Institute (WAI) is now live on the NACDD’s website! The WAI will take place April 9-12, 2018 in Decatur, Georgia. Applications to participate are due by 11:59 pm EST on Friday, [...]
Trenton Bikefest
The Greenwood Avenue Farmers Market helps Trenton residents to lead healthy lives by providing nutritious food choices. Recognizing that health and physical activity are critical to healthy lives, the farmers market partners annually with the Greater Mercer Transit Management Association (Greater Mercer TMA), the New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids [...]
Walking to School is a Community Experience in Newton!
Merriam Avenue School in Newton, a town in Sussex County, holds several walk to school parades each year. The school works with the police department, parents, and the Safe Routes to School Coordinator from TransOptions, the area’s transportation management association, to plan and host the parades. Newton is a small [...]
October Walk and Bike to School Activities
Schools across New Jersey participated in this year's Walk & Bike to School Month, which occurs each October. "Walktober" is a month of celebrating the benefits that the whole community experiences when kids take the active route to school by ditching the car and walking or biking. In the towns featured here, [...]