Fairhope, Alabama
"WALKING SCHOOL BUS"
To help improve their overall health and fight childhood obesity, representatives from the Smart Coast group are asking the city to sponsor a weekly school bus walk to the elementary school (up from the current once a month) -- where buses discharge students at the library and they walk the rest of the way to the elementary school on Fairhope Ave.
Charlene Lee said the program started out 5 years ago with a once-yearly walk and then was expanded to once a month.
Lee: "It's wonderful ... there's a lot of engagement ... had 200 walking from the library (including parents) ... ."
"Once a month is great ... but we realize once a month is not going to affect the health conditions we see existing in America today with our children (obesity)."
Lee said she wanted to establish a pilot program in Fairhope -- then expand the program across the area.
Smart Coast is asking $20,000 from the city's community development fund budget to implement the program next year.
Lee: "It could become a shinning model of how we deal with health of students ... an incredible benefit for our community ... ."
"WALKING SCHOOL BUS"
Charlene Lee said the program started out 5 years ago with a once-yearly walk and then was expanded to once a month.
Lee: "It's wonderful ... there's a lot of engagement ... had 200 walking from the library (including parents) ... ."
"Once a month is great ... but we realize once a month is not going to affect the health conditions we see existing in America today with our children (obesity)."Lee said she wanted to establish a pilot program in Fairhope -- then expand the program across the area.
Smart Coast is asking $20,000 from the city's community development fund budget to implement the program next year.
Lee: "It could become a shinning model of how we deal with health of students ... an incredible benefit for our community ... ."
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