VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Students with Valley City Public Schools and St. Catherine School in Valley City participated in the International Walk to School Day on October 4.

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

Walk to School Day raises awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and also emphasizes the importance of increasing physical activity among children in our community and around the world.

The event is organized by the Barnes ON THE MOVE Partnership which is a group of 19 local non-profit/governmental organizations committed to a healthy community.