For more information: International Walk & Roll to School Day
SONOMA COUNTY SCHOOLS CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WALK & ROLL TO SCHOOL Day on Oct 9, 2024
WHAT: Schools across Sonoma County will be celebrating International Walk to School Day & Walk to School Month on Wednesday October 9th, doing their part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, traffic congestion and improve community health and safety!
WHEN: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024* between 7am-9am (event times vary based on school start times) *Some schools are celebrating on alternative dates.
WHERE: See attached list. Schools in Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma and Windsor. IWalkRoll_ParticipatingSchools_Oct2024.xlsx
SIGNIFICANCE: Students, along with parents, teachers and community leaders, choose ways to get to school that are healthier for themselves and the planet. The event helps Sonoma County achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 25% below 1990 levels. Walk & Roll to School events create safer routes for students to walk and bicycle. They emphasize the importance of increasing children‘s physical activity, bicycle and pedestrian safety, traffic congestion mitigation, reducing our carbon footprint and building connections between families, schools and the broader community. In the U.S., International Walk to School Day is expected to include more than 4,000 events across all 50 states. Walkers from the U.S. will join children and adults in 40 countries around the world.
