The Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is a free service of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Through SRTS, MassDOT promotes healthy alternatives for children and parents in their travel to and from school. It educates students, parents and community members on the value of walking and bicycling for travel to and from school. School Outreach Coordinators Catherine King and Anna Isaacson from Safe Routes to School met with over 100 children at the 21st Century Summer Program at the Greene Elementary School and at the Pulaski Park and Lunch activity program on July 19, 2011. They engaged the children in a number of games designed to teach both pedestrian and bicycle safety and to encourage children to be more active overall. Click here for a video of the program. Click here for photos of a Safe Routes to School presentation at the Viveiros School in 2009. For more information about the program, contact School Wellness coordinator Marcia Picard at 774-319-0107.
 

(Top row) School Outreach Coordinator Anna Isaacson divides the children into groups before they play a question and answer game as Futsal instructor Bill Sampaio looks on. (Middle row) Children run with a pedometer as they play a game of Duck, Duck, Goose to demonstrate the value of physical activity. (Bottom row) Children draw pictures of some of the things that they learned in the session. 

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