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Let your crossing guards know you appreciate them! The San Mateo County Office of Education’s Safe Routes to School program has prepared this toolkit to help you appreciate your local crossing guards.

March - Crossing Guard Appreciation Week.

San Mateo County Safe Routes to School created a calendar with ideas for you to encourage students to walk, bike, and roll to school throughout Earth Month and also plan activities that can build momentum for the rest of the year. Explore the SRTS Earth Month Calendar !

Join San Mateo County Safe Routes to School and RecycleWorks of San Mateo County in Celebrating Earth Day! Walking School Buses and groups can pick up litter along the way to reduce carbon emissions and keep our home beautiful.Join cyclists from around the nation in celebration of National Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 4th! The first National Bike to School Day event was held on May 9, 2012, and scheduled to coordinate with the League of American Bicyclists National Bike Month.

Visit one of the many energizer stations around the county! Remember.if you can't bike, you can always walk or take transit!.These weekly and monthly events help to institutionalize positive behaviors and multiply the benefits of the activities, enabling walking and biking to become the preferred mode of travel from home to school. Schools that have had success with special events often expand them into regular activities that occur on a regular basis, such as 'Wednesday Walk to School' or 'Walk and Roll (i.e., Bike) Day.' Walking school buses, bicycle trains, and park and walk activities are all ongoing encouragement activities. Interested in hosting an event at your school? Sign up to receive free resources and remember to share your event participation data. Safe Routes to School supports schools and districts in facilitating the following events. San Mateo County Safe Routes to School encourages and enables school children to walk and bicycle to school by implementing projects and activities that improve the health, well-being, and safety of children, which result in less traffic congestion and emissions caused by school-related travel. San Mateo County communities support this initiative with infrastructure that provides safe passage for children. Safe Routes to School is the catalyst for teaching children traffic safety skills and encouraging them to take an active mode of transportation to school. The efforts of Safe Routes to School in San Mateo County result in less traffic congestion around schools, improved air quality, a greener, healthier community and an increase in self-reliance among San Mateo County children who walk and bike to school.

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