Who won the Walk+Bike Challenge? 56K Oregon kids, that's who!

[LeeAnne Fergason]

56K kids and 300K trips walking and biking to school. Way to go, Oregon! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Walk+Bike Network, This May 56,000 students joined together to walk and bike during the Walk+Bike Challenge and logged over 300,000 active trips to school. To all the kids who walked and biked, parents who said yes, teachers who helped organize, and principals who walked with them, we say a huge whopping, “Thank you!” The Walk+Bike Challenge occurred over the month of May and challenged students in over 200 schools to walk and bike to school. This year we are celebrating the record ­breaking number of 300,000 active trips taken. Oregon’s Walk+Bike Challenge and Fire Up Your Feet Awards and Ceremony will take place at the Oregon Safe Routes to School Conference on June 26. AWARD RECIPIENTS Our kids are the ultimate winners of all the work that parents and teachers put into organizing the Walk+Bike Challenge! However, we love a good competition, so put your hands together for… Greatest percentage of Student participation! 1st place: Washington Elementary in Salem with 100% 1st place: Hancock Street Pre-school in Portland with 100% 2nd place: The Emerson School in Portland with 90% Greatest Student participation from new schools! 1st place: Washington Elementary in Salem 2nd place: Briggs Middle School in Springfield 3rd place: Jefferson Elementary in Corvallis 4th place: Westside Elementary in Hood River Greatest number of students walking and biking! 1st place: Alameda Elementary in Portland with 575 students 2nd place: Roseway Heights Elementary in Portland with 491 students 3rd place: Hosford Middle School in Portland with 480 students Greatest number of walking and biking trips! 1st place: Lewellyn Elementary in Portland with 8439 trips 2nd place: Washington Elementary in Salem with 6154 trips 3rd place: Roseway Heights Elementary in Portland with 5969 trips 4th place: Alameda Elementary in Portland with 5557 trips 5th place: Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland with 4933 trips 6th place: Gilbert Heights Elementary in Portland with 4496 trips The Walk+Bike Challenge promotes parents, teachers, and community members to encourage active lifestyles to children starting from an early age and is a great first step to a larger Safe Routes to School program. Want to join in the fun? Sign up for Walk+Bike to School Day on October 8th, 2014. Thanks to Oregon Department of Transportation, Fire Up Your Feet, NW Natural, and Portland Safe Routes to School for helping make this great event happen! Happy Summer, LeeAnne lee...@btaoregon.org 503-226-0676 x26  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  This message from the BTA's Walk+Bike Network is an electronic publication available to both BTA members and non-members alike and is sent to educators, families, and other people who are working to help kids stay happy, healthy, and safe on their way to school.  Copyright © 2014 Bicycle Transportation Alliance, All rights reserved. You are receiving this message because you signed up to receive information from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Our mailing address is: Bicycle Transportation Alliance 618 NW Glisan #401 Portland, OR 97209 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences