International Walk+Roll to School Day

International Walk+Roll to School Day is Wednesday October 8!

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 Wednesday of the first full week of October. In 2024, Oregon had the highest participation rate in the country for International Walk+Roll to School Day with nearly 23% of K–8 schools joining in! That same year, Portland had 42 schools participate in International Walk+Roll to School Day!

We encourage schools to plan events encouraging walking and rolling throughout the month of October.

Order Incentives

Order ahead of time to make sure you have incentives ready for International Walk+Roll to School Day! Incentives include stickers, reflective shoelaces, pencils, comics, bookmarks, activity sheets, and coloring books.

Portland Public Schools

If you are ordering for Portland Public Schools (PPS), please email Maddy Cirineo PPS Safe Routes to School Coordinator, at mcirineo@pps.net, to request an order form. Submit your PPS orders by Wednesday, September 24. This form has already been provided to all principals and PTA leaders.

Centennial School District

If you are ordering for Centennial School District (CSD), please email Ian Rees, CSD Safe Routes to School Coordinator, at ian_rees@csd28j.org, by Wednesday, October 1.  

David Douglas, Parkrose, and Reynolds school districts

If you are ordering for David Douglas, Parkrose, or Reynolds school districts, order incentives by Wednesday, October 1. (Try this alternative order form if the previous link doesn't work!)

Resources 

• To build excitement for your event, download Oregon Safe Routes to School's walk+roll to school day toolkit featuring outreach materials, activity ideas and more to help you get started planning and promoting your event!
• Join Oregon Safe Routes to School's Facebook group to share ideas and successes with other school champions from across Oregon.
• Get more tips from Walk, Bike & Roll to School's how to plan a walk+roll event guide.
• Gamify the experience for your students with Oregon Safe Routes to School's printable multilingual scavenger hunt and bingo activities.
• Use Oregon Safe Routes to School's walking school bus guide or our how to start a walking school bus webpage to walk to school together.
• Use our How to start a bike bus webpage to bike to school together.
• Use how how to start a park-and-walk webpage to try a park-and-walk—parking a couple blocks away from school and then walking or rolling into class from there.
• Learn more about other resources for walk+roll events.

More information

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.