Over 4,500 children from the nine elementary schools in Fall River joined in International Walk to School Day on October 5, 2011. The event was celebrated at over 3,500 events at participating schools throughout the United States, and walkers from the U.S. joined children and adults in 40 countries around the world. Walk to School events work to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community. "This is a great way to get children and their parents to walk once so they might be willing to try it again," commented School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard who worked with school principals to organize the event. Click here to see a video of the event. Click here for photos of the Massachusetts Walk to School Day on May 4, 2011. For more information about the program, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at 508-675-8227. (Photos in rows four and five courtesy of Marcia Picard)
 

(Top row, left) School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard greets the children who were about to walk to the Doran School. (Bottom row, left) Silvia School physical education teacher Nancy Paulhus is joined by students for a walk to Wilson Road.

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