The school agreed to install a solar-powered device capable of figuring out which kids are biking to school. Kids earn credits, which they can turn in at the end of the year for prizes. Freiker was launched in 2004 in Colorado. ...
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Do your kids walk or bike to school?
By Amy Wang, The Oregonian In Lake Oswego, Bryant Elementary is holding its walk and bike event Thursday because of a calendar conflict, but Principal Dan ...
Ditch that car: Kids urged to bike or walk to school
Megan Schroeder rides her bike or walks to school to do her part to help the planet. She also likes the incentives that her school, Bear Creek Elementary, ...
Event encourages kids to bike, walk to school
I Walk/I Bike/I Bus to School week starts today with sponsored group rides, prizes and events kicking off Tuesday morning. ...
El Dorado wants more kids walking, biking to school
Jensen soon discovered widespread interest among parents and students in walking or biking to the K-8 school. But they lacked a safe route: The school is ...
Biking to School Boosts Kids' Fitness
Riding a bike to school proved even better. For boys, it boosted their likelihood of being fit by 30 percent, and girls increased theirs sevenfold. ...
Study: Younger kids walking and biking to school
The University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre says biking and walking should be encouraged, because it's an easy way to get children to be more physically active. You must be logged in to rate this story. Login or register.
Tim Blumenthal: Biking to school a kids' fitness tool that is being overlooked
More importantly, biking can help children create a healthy future. Overweight adolescents who participate in bicycling three to four days per week are 85 percent more likely to become healthy-weight adults. Our children are growing up in an ...
Cedar Falls program aims to get more kids walking, biking to school
The goal is to get more kids walking and biking to class. Romney Hall and her son Harrison have a daily routine of walking to school. "I just know how healthy it is for our bodies and I think the kids have a lot of fun walking together, and it connects ...
On Biking: Cycle Kids helps kids learn bike skills, nutrition and safety
She left her successful career and started CYCLE Kids, a Cambridge-based organization that braids her love of biking with her passion for doing good and making a difference. CYCLE Kids works on what Julianne described as "A deceptively simple premise: ...
High school mountain bike program coming to Colorado
nica's vision is to develop high school mountain biking coast to coast by providing successful models of league development to interested regions by 2020. ...