Walk to School Day 2016: Geneva Schools Participate

GENEVA, IL — Schools in Geneva are among the more than 4,000 around the world participating in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday.

Students from Fabyan Elementary School, Geneva Middle School North, Geneva Middle School South, Harrison Street School, Heartland Elementary School, Mill Creek Elementary School, Western Avenue School and Williamsburg Elementary School will walk to school Wednesday.

Walk to School Day was started by the Partnership for a Walkable America in 1997. The first event, National Walk Our Children to School Day, was in Chicago.

“In the USA and Canada, International Walk to School Day galvanizes visibility for walking and bicycling to school,” the organization says on its website. “Over time, this event has been part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school and a celebration — with record breaking participation — each October.”

photo: public domain, CDC, Amanda Mills