Bike to School Days, May 5-13, 2010
Kids, Students, Teachers and Staff Get Rolling Bicycling to School
Sign-ups online at YouCanBikeThere.Com
To kick off the Bike to Work season, the East Bay Bicycle Coalition and Transform (Alameda County Safe Routes to School) are coordinating Bike to School Days on May 5 thru May 13, 2010 throughout the East Bay. Schools will be rewarding students, staff, and teachers who bicycle to school with musette bags full of goodies and incentives, and providing coffee, bagels, and snacks. Each school is selecting a date that works best for them within this nine day window. It all precedes Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 13, 2010.
Download a Bike to School Day poster [556KB pdf] and encourage kids to color it in.
Bike to Work/School Day has grown tremendously over the past three years, with bicycling doubling in the East Bay over that period. In fact, the fun and healthy event has outgrown itself. So, Bike to School Day is a stand alone event this Spring, and is part of many bicycling celebrations planned in May, including Bike to Work Day Thursday, May 13, Bike to Market Day, Saturday May 22 and Bike-In Movie Nights on various dates. It’s about more than work and more than just one day a year–and bicycling to school starts it all off.
Plan to encourage your school to participate by registering students, staff and teachers for the Bike to School Day (and Bike to Work Day), and start forming teams for the Team Bike Challenge, a month long competition encouraging team members to earn points each day in May they ride to school (or work). Registration for Bike to School Day and signup for the Team Bike Challenge start April 1. Go to www.ebbc.org/b2sd. If you are interested in hosting an energizer station at your school, please contact Dave Campbell, EBBC’s Program Director.
If you are not a bicycle commuter yet, consider taking a free urban bicycle safety classes and learn how to get started (these are for bicyclists 14 years and older). For younger kids, they and their parents can sign up for a free .
