Encouragement Encouragement is closely tied to education strategies, but is more focused on getting people to try walking and bicycling to school and celebrating and rewarding people for their efforts. Encouragement activities are more effective if the physical environment works for walking and bicycling to school. Objective 1: Review the suggestions below and complete as time/funding allows Host a healthy lifestyle / community bicycle ride SRTS logo contest- have all the students design a logo and then pick winner and have tshirts printed with this logo Punch card program for kids who walk or bike to school (class by class competitions; kids can go out and walk at lunch time, but also at special opportunities (e.g. walk to school day). Drawings for big prizes Start a bike rental program- Might be something a local business would take on during the summer Host a walk-a-thon, use new sidewalks and trails?? Prizes for bikes in the bike racks (tape them to the bikes once kids are inside) Maybe just for the 1s month of school. Host a bike/walk contest or challenge o Challenge kids from a rival school district! Have a remote drop off day one day a month (for all students) then more and more frequently Text parents when children who walked/Biked to school arrive at school
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