Walk + Roll to School Day is a great way to encourage healthy habits and host a fun community event as students and families kick off a new school year.
Register Your School
Registration and ordering are now closed. Reach out to us directly at saferoutes@portlandoregon.gov if you are interested in ordering incentives for your ongoing school events.
International Walk + Roll to School Day is on October 12, 2022.
Please order prizes by Monday, October 3rd to ensure on-time delivery.
Prize Information
Choose from a number of fun prizes, including reflective shoelaces and stickers, pencils, safety lights, and child-sized face masks.
Celebration ideas
Here are a few ideas for how to celebrate Walk + Roll Day with your school community.
- Event Ideas from Walk&Bike.org
- Getting Started Guide - for event organizers who like having a to-do list; from Walk&Bike.org
How-to Guides for Walk + Roll Groups:
From the SRTS National Partnership:
Resources for families and students
Share walking, biking, and rolling resources with your school communities as part of Walk + Roll Day celebrations!
MAPS
Neighborhood maps feature pedestrian paths, transit stops, libraries, parks and other community resources.
Portland Neighborhood Walking Maps
The digital bike map shows bike shops, biking options such as neighborhood greenways and protected bike lanes, as well as difficult intersections and connections.
Interactive Digital Citywide Bike Map
TRAVEL TOOLS
Bikes:
Checklist for getting started on a bike
All Wheels:
Back to School Travel Resources, including transit
Places to bike, skate & scoot in Portland
Personal Safety:
Information about being an active bystander, & resources for reporting hate or bias incidents.
INSPIRATION
Share these fun, short videos that show Portlanders getting around by climate-friendly ways of travel. You might even spot the Unipiper!
Walk + Roll Day History
International Walk + Roll to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and rolling to school on the same day. It began in 1997 as a one-day event and over time, this event has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school and a celebration – with record-breaking participation – each October. Today, thousands of schools across America – from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico – participate every October.
Connect with us
Want to start walking, biking, or rolling groups at your school? Or carpools? Safe Routes to School can serve as a support and resource for you to get moving.
Reach out to us and we will see how we can help:
Email: saferoutes@portlandoregon.gov
Phone: 503-823-1171 (message line)
Facebook: @PBOTSafeRoutes
Instagram: @saferoutespdx