Tune up your ride – Bike to School Day is May 8!

Join the fun - National Bike to School day is May 8! Bike to School Day promotion and events can be large or small and still make an impact to promote the physical health and safety of children. These events are an easy way for students and families to try walking, bicycling, and rolling to school. Parents/caregivers might be surprised at just how little time it takes!

• Register your event – we will mail you stickers, spoke cards and reflective zipper pulls!
• Encourage students to participate in the poster contest for prize packs. Special thanks to our co-sponsors at Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota for the bicycle-themed prizes for the poster contest winners in grade K-3 and 4-8!
• Use our templates to promote Bike to School Day and inspire families to use their feet for the school commute more often.

One-time events like Bike to School Day can help encourage local partners to make it safer and easier for children to walk and bike to school or other places in their communities. In 2021, 65% of Walk to School Day event organizers across the nation indicated that their event led to planned or already completed policy or engineering changes. Nearly 40% of Walk & Roll to School Day organizers used their event to draw attention to road safety needs in their communities. Be strategic and use this event to garner support for longer term policy or built environment changes.

Upcoming Walk! Bike! Fun! Trainings

Help us spread the joy of teaching children how to ride a bike! The Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum meets Minnesota Department of Education standards for Physical Education classes.

The educator training is free and sub-pay is available to reduce barriers for attending. Dates and registration links: April 30: Pelican Rapids May 30: Saint Paul Public Schools with Maintenance training June 18: Minneapolis Sept 11: Thief River Falls Sept 25: Leech Lake   Learn more about the Educator Training or view the full curriculum at walkbikefun.org.

Upcoming events

May 2, 10-11 a.m. – MN SRTS Network Call

• Share and learn with whose working on SRTS from across Minnesota.
• To join the Minnesota Safe Routes to School Network and received log in information please email dot@state.mn.us
  • View past recordings and slides

May 8  – Bike to School Day  

July 18 – Save the date! Minnesota SRTS Meet Up in St Paul

Resources

Check out the web-based Minnesota Bike Map, order free printed MN Bike Maps, and order MN Bicycle Handbooks (English, Spanish, Somali) for your organization’s events!

Learn more about the Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum, bike fleet trailer request, and future training opportunities.

More about MnSRTS

Visit: http://www.mnsaferoutestoschool.org

Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaSafeRoutestoSchool/

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