Sonoma County Safe Routes to School

Wonderful article in the Sonoma County Gazette about our in-person, on-bike series this Winter/Spring! Note: all pictures included in article are pre-pandemic :) https://www.sonomacountygazette.com//bike-lessons-availa/

Our in-person, on-bike series commenced this week with City of Petaluma Parks and Recreation and Town of Windsor, CA Parks and Rec Dept, with our kids on-bike skills lesson! Chec out all our virtual and in-person Family Bicycliing options by visiting https://sonomasaferoutes.org/c/family-bicycling-workshops-0! To register for any of the lessons in our on-bike series, visit the Parks and Recreation activity sites for Windsor, Petaluma, and Santa Rosa (SR classes begin at the end of Feb). Links directly to each of the Town's registration pages and images listing the lessons in the series are in the below comments.

We are excited to announce that February is Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS month with Safe Routes to School! We encourage Sonoma County K-8 students to Walk & Roll to Anywhere during the first week of February, AND/OR stretch their creative muscles by entering our Walk & Roll for Our Hearts ART contest and illustrating why it's healthy for our hearts, minds and body to walk, bike, scoot, or skate to anywhere! Contest entries due by Friday March 5th. Visit sonomasaferoutes.org for more information, links, and the Art Contest rules and submission instructions. https://www.youtube.com/watch

There are only three more days to Pledge to Be Idle Free and be entered into our drawing for a $50.00 gift card to a locally owned business of your choice! Learn all about the GREAT reasons to be Idle Free at sonomasaferoutes.org and Take the Pledge here by midnight on Sunday January 31st! You must be a student, parent, teacher, administrator or staff at a K-8 Sonoma County School to qualify for the drawing. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSfAbnz-pX0opYvPH4/viewform

This February, sign up for one or more of our free, Virtual Family Bike Workshops! Basic Bike Maintenance for Families on Tuesday 2/16 at 3pm; Intro to Family Bicycling: Tips and Tricks for Bicycling with the Whole Family on Saturday 2/20 at 2pm; Bicycling Street Skills for Parents: Ride in the Road Confidently with Kids on Tuesday 2/23 at 3pm; and Route Planning & Great Sonoma County Family Rides on Saturday 2/27 at 2pm. Workshops are 45-60 minutes long, with time for questions & answers built in. To register online, visit our virtual event calendar here: https://bikesonom.z2systems.com//c/bikesonom/eventList.jsp

Scroll through for info in English and Spanish re: our October virtual Family Bike Workshops! Intro to Family Bicycling on 10/10 and Street Skills for Parents on 10/24. To register, visit bikesonoma.org/family-bike-workshops #bikesonoma #familybiking #sonomacounty #biketoschool #srts

TBT to International Walk & Roll to School Days of yore! Wednesday, Oct 7th was IWalk/Roll Day. We may not be able to Walk or Roll to School at this time, but we can Walk or Roll to Anywhere! Choose a Sonoma County destination to walk or roll to and fill out our Walk & Roll to Anywhere survey by Oct 10th to let us know where you went and how far you traveled! Then do our October Challenge for a chance to win Ice Cream! #Walkandroll #sonomacounty #bikesonoma #familybiking #saferoutestoschool #iwalk

This Saturday 9/26 we are offering a FREE Family Bike Workshop on Route Planning & Great Sonoma County Family Rides. If you've got kids and struggle with how to plan the best/safest route, OR are looking for fun places to ride in Sonoma County, please join us! The workshop is from 10:30-11:30am, we will leave time after the presentation for participants to ask questions and get specific advice or suggestions. and we'll stick around to answer them all before we sign off! Sign up at www.bikesonoma.org/family-bike-workshops

Join us for International Walk and Roll to Anywhere Month this October! Choose a destination to walk, bike, scoot or skate to between Oct 1-10th, take our Walk & Roll to Anywhere Survey, and participate in our October Challenge for a chance to win ice cream! Visit sonomasaferoutes.org for more info #walkbike #sonomacounty #internationalwalktoschoolmonth #walkandroll

We will be continuing our Family Bicycling Workshop series in August, with a repeat of our Level 1 class, Intro to Family Bicycling: Tips and Tools for Bicycling with the Whole Family, and the launch of our Level 2 class: Bicycling Street Skills for Parents: Ride in the Road Confidently with Kids. Classes are 1 hour long and there is time for Q&A. For more information or to register for free, visit www.bikesonoma.org/family-bike-workshops

Our first free "Virtual" Family Bicycling workshop will be this Saturday, June 13th from 10:30-11:30am. Register at www.bikesonoma.org/family-bike-workshops!

We've extended the end-date of our Green Sneaker Family Challenge to May 31st! Walk, Bicycle, scooter, or skate in your home neighborhood (while social distancing). If you can't go outside, excercise indoors! 30-days of activity is the goal, but you're eligible for our drawing if you turn in your forms regardless of whether you reach that goal. New! The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Sonoma County Resource Team has donated five $50.00 Visa Gift cards for our drawing in June! https://mailchi.mp//enroll-now-for-the-2019-20-safe-routes

We may be sheltering-in-place, but fresh air and physical activity is essential to our physical and emotional health. That is why the Sonoma County SRTS program has launched our Green Sneaker Family Challenge. Maintain social distance and stay close to home while taking advantage of this time to be active and build knowledge about bicycle and/or pedestrian safety, health, the environment, and your community! For more information and to participate, visit our Green Sneaker Challenge Web page: https://sonomasaferoutes.org//green-sneaker-30-day-family-

Join us tomorrow morning for a New Year's Family Ride!

Our Safe Routes to School Crew will be at the Healdsburg Kiwanis annual Safety Fair with our Bike Skill/Safety Rodeo, free helmets, and bike repairs on Saturday 9/28!

"My bike is finally getting fixed. I can finally ride to school every day!" ~Oscar C, High School Sophomore, Santa Rosa Back to School Bike Blast participant Ci...ty of Santa Rosa, California, Sutter Health, California Highway Patrol, The Bike Peddler, NorCal Bike Sport, Sonoma County Safe Routes to School #makingadifference #onerevolutionatatime See more

Today our Safe Routes to School Bike Rodeo crew was at the City of Santa Rosa Public Works' Back to School Bike Blast, along with the Bike Peddler/ NorCal Bike ...Sport, California Highway Patrol, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, and more. We gave away free helmets sponsored by Sutter Health, offered free bike repairs and guidance, and taught ~60 kids how to ride safely! A few even learned how to ride a bike! See more