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| Thursday, September 18, 2008
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Contact: Debra Thompson
Assoc. Director, PR & Communications
540-564-5886
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| WHO: |
Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley
FedEx
Local School Board and City Council members
Keister Elementary School
Spotswood Elementary School
Waterman Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School
South River Elementary School
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| WHAT: |
Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley and FedEx volunteers will lead local activities as part of International Walk to School Week 2008. For the third year, volunteers will walk children to school in order to demonstrate important safety behaviors. In addition, Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley will distribute books and activities to teach children important walking safety tips. There will be photo opportunities of parents walking their children to school.
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DATES
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SCHOOLS: |
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Waterman Elementary School, 451 Chicago Avenue
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Mountain View Elementary School, 2800 Rawley Pike
Spotswood Elementary School, 400 Mountain View Drive
Thursday, Oct. 9 South River Elementary School, 2101 Elm St., Grottoes
Friday, Oct. 10 Keister Elementary School, 100 Maryland Avenue
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| TIME: |
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. at all schools
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| WHY: |
Across the country each year, more than 626 children age 14 and under are killed in pedestrian accidents, and there are 38,500 emergency room visits due to nonfatal pedestrian injuries. Between 1987 and 2005, the number of child pedestrian fatalities has decreased by 56 percent. Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley activities during International Walk to School Week are designed to help educate children and families about the importance of pedestrian safety.
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| Safe Kids Walk This Way, a grassroots pedestrian safety initiative in more than 600 schools nationwide, is made possible through support from program sponsor FedEx. Through this year-round program, children learn safe pedestrian behaviors; school communities identify the pedestrian hazards surrounding their schools; and school pedestrian safety committees and task forces lead efforts to educate pedestrians and drivers about safe behaviors, enforce traffic laws and improve environments for child pedestrians. International Walk to School Week is dedicated to walking to school with a purpose--to promote physical activity, safety, health and concern for the environment. |
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