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We encourage schools to plan events to encourage walking and rolling during the month of October.
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Incentives include stickers, reflective shoelaces, pencils, comics, bookmarks, activity sheets, and coloring books.
Schools in Portland Public Schools: Order incentives by 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30.
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Schools in Centennial, David Douglas, Parkrose, or Reynolds school districts: Order incentives by Monday, Oct. 2.
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Event planning resources
To help guide your International Walk + Roll to School Day event planning, please download this toolkit. In it are provided social media designs, copy suggestions, activity suggestions, and more!
Join Oregon Safe Routes to School'sFacebook groupto share ideas and successes with other school champions from across Oregon.
More resources:
- How to plan a walk + roll event
- How to start a walking school bus
- How to start a bike bus
- How to start a park-and-walk
- Printable multilingual scavenger hunt and bingo activities
- Where can I get resources for a walk and roll event, walking school bus, bike bus, safety patrol flags or vests, helmets, or other Safe Routes to School materials?
More information about International Walk + Roll to School Day
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, over time, it has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school. Today, thousands of schools across America—from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico—participate every October. International Walk + Roll to School Day takes place on the first full week of October each year, and we strongly encourage schools to have students walk and roll for the whole month of October to encourage healthy habits that will continue all year long. Your school can choose to participate one day, one day per week, one day over multiple weeks, or the entire month.