We invite you to join our team for

Bike to School Month, May 2009

Dear Ben Franklin families,

May is Bike to School Month, designed to encourage bicycle commuting and mentor new riders.  When you cycle to school with your child you:

• Create daily exercise habits that help keep your child active and healthy.
• Reduce car traffic and air pollution.
• Help your child become a competent and independent cyclist.

We envision Bike to School Month as a family project, one that will also introduce parents to the fun of cycling with their kids. 

Everyone who rides at least once wins a prize!

• All participants who ride to school on Bike to School Day May 15^th

earn a reflective “slap bracelet”.

• 7-14 trips earn a reflective sticker pack.
• 15+ trips earns a bike lock.

So, how do you participate?  It's easy!  1) Fill out the form below and return to your child's teacher or to Ms. Denney by Monday, April 28th.  We will send home bicycle safety information, “passport” and instructions.  You keep track of your trips each day you ride* and turn in your passport at the end of the month. Or 2) Ride your bike to school and sign in each day on the sign in sheets by the bike rack. We'll add your trips to our school total and deliver your prizes.   

*Because some children cannot cycle safely to school, and because the "work" that kids do also includes sports, music lessons, trips to the library,  etc., commuter trips for Bike to School 2009 will include any trip made by bicycle somewhere your child needs to go, one round-trip per day. 

For more information check out Cascade's website at www.cbcef.org/commuting_btw.html or contact Jon Osborn at Cascade Bicycle Club (ypa@cascadebicycleclub.org) or Nancy Denney Ndenney@lwsd.org)  
 

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R.S.V.P. Form, Bike to School Month, May 2009

Yes!  I would like to participate by cycling to school* and keeping track of my trips for the

Ben Franklin Elementary Bike to School Team. 

Name:_______________________________________   Email:__________________  

Teacher:_____________________________________   Grade:__________________  

Parent / Guardian Signature_______________________________________________

Parents:  I give permission for my child to participate in Bike to School Month and I will provide the support he or she needs to do so safely. 

Questions?  (Contact Nancy Denney – Ndenney@lwsd.org – 425-822-7460)