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CITY, N.D. – (NewsDakota.com) Valley City Public Schools and St. Catherine School in Valley City will join schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.

Approximately 1100 students from the Valley City schools will be walking to school on Wednesday, October 7 along with parents, teachers and community leaders.

Administrators from St. Catherine’s, Jefferson, Washington and the Junior-Senior High Schools with help from Dietrich Bus Service, the Valley City Police Department, School PTO’s and Barnes ON THE MOVE Partnership are orchestrating the event.

The event will begin at 8:30 am with kids, parents and community leaders walking from various staging areas near each school.  

Walk to School Day events raise awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and concern for the environment. The events build connections between families, schools and the broader community.

The event is being organized by the Barnes ON THE MOVE Partnership which is a group of 17 local non-profit/governmental organizations committed to a healthy community.

For additional local information, please contact Andrea Winter at 845-6456 or email andreawinter@catholichealth.net.