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Below please find resources to make your Safe Routes to School initiatives successful in Middle Georgia:

 

Safe Routes to School $1,000 Mini-grant Call for Applications:
Mini-grant applications are available now at www.saferoutesinfo.org/minigrants. Applications are due Wed., April 7, 2010, and recipients will be announced by Wed., May 26, 2010.

For more information, visit www.saferoutesinfo.org/minigrants.
Media contact: Caroline Dickson, dickson@hsrc.unc.edu / (919) 962-5835
Mini-grant contact: info@saferoutesinfo.org

Central Georgia Partners:
The following Middle Georgia schools have become partners with the Georgia Safe Routes to School Resource Center.  Together, Georgia now has 117 schools who participate in the Safe Routes to School program as partners of the Resource Center.

Appling Middle, Bibb - Gold
Barden Elementary, Bibb - Gold
Burghard Elementary, Bibb - Gold
King -Danforth Elementary, Bibb - Gold
Riley Elementary, Bibb - Gold
Rosa Taylor, Bibb - Gold

School Newsletter Blurbs:
Consider designating a section in your school's newsletter for fun facts, tips, and information on Safe Routes to School!

"Safety tips for crossing the street:
- Stop at the curb or the edge of the road if there is no curb.
- Stop and look left, then right, then left again for moving cars before you step into the street.
- If you see a car, wait until it goes by. Then look left, right, left again until no cars are coming.
- If a car is parked where you are crossing, look to make sure there is no driver and that the car is not running.
- Next, go to the edge of the car and look left-right-left to see if cars are coming.
- When no cars are coming, Walk — do not run — across the road. Keep looking left-right-left for cars while you are crossing."

Enhance your SRTS Program with Clean Air Schools!
The Clean Air Schools initiative empowers schools, students and parents to take action for air quality within their school and community. The program is free and open to all preschool, elementary, middle and high schools in Georgia.

For more information, please visit: http://www.cleanaircampaign.org/Kids-Schools/Become-a-Clean-Air-School!

Parent Survey Available Online:
Want to learn more about parents' thoughts on Safe Routes at your school? If you primarily communicate with parents via email, the National Center for Safe Routes to School provides an online option for the Parent Survey available in English and Spanish. The Parent Survey is also available in hard copy for your convenience. The National Center will analyze the results for you and generate a report for your school, which is great data to have.

Online version:
http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/evaluation_parent-survey-instructions.cfm
Hard copy version:
http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/evaluation_parent-survey.cfm

Be informed and inform others! Find out who has the right of way in and out of the crosswalk?

Many drivers aren’t sure what to do when they encounter a pedestrian. In 1995 the Georgia legislature changed the crosswalk law such that drivers must “stop and stay stopped” for pedestrians, not just yield to them. Be sure you know the law. You’ll avoid a ticket and maybe save a life.

For more information please visit: http://peds.org/resources/pedestrian_right_of_way/

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