In the small northern town of Harrison, a team moved forward a Safe Routes to School Project after constructing a few well-received non-motorized projects. Building on the collaboration previously formed during prior projects, their SRTS team went through the planning process and identified a strong need for a safer route through a wooded area that […]
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We welcomed Adam Jenks to our team as the Program Coordinator this November. Adam comes to SRTS with experience in public education, working with students in youth engagement and empowerment programming. Before coming aboard, Adam worked as a social studies teacher at Battle Creek Central High School, serving as the lead advisor to the BCC
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The Fall Fire Up Your Feet Challenge came to a close at the end of October with 21 Michigan schools and over 8,100 participants. These 21 communities logged over 453,826 miles and 147,629,000 minutes of physical activity. Students, families, and school staff at seven schools in Michigan collectively won cash awards mounting to over $5,000 in total
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It’s a great opportunity to be reminded to watch out for pedestrians and bicyclists in the dark with the return to standard time on November 5th. Since it will get dark one hour earlier, non-motorized users will be much less noticeable after the time change is in effect. Research has found that the first hour of
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This year’s Fall Fire Up Your Feet Challenge is taking off. The 20 schools in Michigan who have been actively tracking physical activity have been joined by 21 newly registered schools. This highlights that there is still time to register and join the challenge to track physical activity. To be eligible to earn prizes, schools
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Despite on-and-off rain across the state, Michigan schools came out en masse to walk and bike to school on Wednesday, October 4th. This year we had 327 schools in Michigan participate with an estimation of over 65,000 K-8th grade students getting out to walk.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the opportunity for state and local stakeholders to apply for $500 million in discretionary grant funding through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The TIGER Funding Opportunity application deadline is October 16, 2017. The selection criteria remain fundamentally the same as previous rounds of the TIGER
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Autumn’s colors are seen with the return of fall winds which prompt us to pull our sweaters out of drawers and builds excitement for warm apple cider. As we adjust our seasonal routines, we must be sure we take note of returning student walkers and bikers during our daily routes. Safe Routes to School supports
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We are pleased to announce that Fire Up Your Feet (FUYF) is back this fall! Fire Up Your Feet is a core program of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, aimed at elementary and middle school students in the K-8th grades. FUYF offers free resources, an online activity tracker, and more, all meant to increase
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The Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF) is again partnering with Michigan State University (MSU) to provide technical assistance to Michigan schools interested in developing action plans that can lead to grant funding for infrastructure improvements and program support as part of the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program funded by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The
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