For School Champions and Parents

Safe Routes to Schools Champions are the backbone of our program!

Our volunteer parents, teachers and administrators are the liaisons between the school and the Safe Routes staff, supporting and organizing program activities. Our enthusiastic School Champions:

• Help to organize exciting program activities such as the Walking School Bus.
• Attend monthly Task Force meetings to stay in touch with program activities. Find out more about Task Force meetings and which one you belong to here.
• Help to organize parent workshops. We organize and teach customized workshops with safety themes for PTA's and other parent meetings. We have led workshops on pedestrian safety, stranger safety and walking school buses.
• Watch the video about the Safe Routes to Schools Alameda County Program

Volunteer to support the Safe Routes Champion at your school!

Find out who your School Champion is and contact him/her today to help support walking and bicycling to school. If your school does not have a Safe Routes program yet, contact the Safe Routes staff: sr2s@transformca.org and consider volunteering to become a School Champion.

Safe Routes to Schools Monthly Themes

Annually across the world International Walk to School Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in October. To keep the messages alive and to increase the number of students walking and biking to school on a daily basis schools are encouraged to get involved in sponsoring Monthly Walk and Roll to School Days.

Monthly Walk and Roll to School Days give students something to look forward to and something to work towards. To encourage this effort we provide themes each month along with a simple activity to motivate students and to reinforce all of the important reasons for walking or biking to school. Monthly Walk and Roll to School Days are coordinated at many schools by the Parent Champion. If you need support in getting a Monthly Walk and Roll program off the ground contact Nora Cody. 

Please check back in the Fall to see the activities for each month. The following is subject to change.

October: International Walk or Roll to School Day

November: Thanks for Giving

December: Community Collection

January: A Pledge for You - A Pledge for the Environment

February: Healthy Hearts

March: National Nutrition Month

April: Earth Month

May: Bike to School Month