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Health & Fitness

Thousands of Fremont Students to Walk and Roll to School Starting March 3 to Compete for "Golden Sneaker" Award

Who says you can’t have fun while being healthy and helping the environment? The 2014 Golden Sneaker Contest is underway on March 3, 2014 and 36,000 local students are going green and enjoying friendly competition!Β 

This year marks the third annual Pollution Solution Golden Sneaker Contest, part of the Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) program, sponsored by the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) and funded by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Alameda CTC.

The two-week contest (March 3 through 14) promotes healthy kids and a healthy environment, building awareness of transportation alternatives to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, as well as teamwork and school spirit. To win the coveted "Golden Sneaker" trophy, classrooms at each participating school compete to get the highest number of kids to walk, bike, carpool or take transit to school.

The school with the greatest increase of students using green modes of transportation during the contest will receive the "Platinum Sneaker" award and will be honored by the Alameda CTC at its March 27 Commission meeting.

Find out more:
http://www.alamedacountysr2s.org/
https://www.facebook.com/saferoutestoschool
http://www.alamedactc.org/

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