Hello fellow Active Transportation Supporters and Cycling Advocates,

This year, the Active and Safe Routes to School Program at Green Action Centre is excited to announce that we are partnering with Health Canada and the Winnipeg School Division to celebrate Clean Air Day 2016, with a kid's bike jamboree at The Forks on June 8th. There will be workshops related to sustainable transportation and air quality, and school children from across the city will ride their bikes to The Forks in the afternoon to participate in interactive free events. Stations will include Freedom Concepts with adaptive bikes for student use, a bike obstacle course with the Flaming Cheetahs, a science station with air quality measuring equipment for students to use, bike blender smoothies, and a bike education and repair station by the WRENCH.

All students will be getting to the event via sustainable transportation, either by cycling or walking, and will have an opportunity to identify problem areas that they encountered on their commute to the event. We will be identifying these barriers to children's sustainable transportation on a city map, and will be sharing these results with City council.

We would love to see many members of the Winnipeg AT community come out and support these kids as they ride to this fun event. Please see details in the media release below, and let us know if you are able to attend, or have any questions. Feel free to spread the word, and we hope to see you there!

Who: Green Action Centre’s Active and Safe Routes to School Program

Where: The Forks Market Square // Meet at the Canopy

When: Wednesday, June 8th from 1:30-3 pm

Green Action Centre’s Active and Safe Routes to School Program, with schools across Winnipeg, will celebrate Clean Air Day as well as windup Bike to School Month at The Forks with workshops related to sustainable transportation and air quality. School children from across the city will ride their bikes to The Forks in the afternoon to participate in interactive free events. Stations will include Freedom Concepts with adaptive bikes for student use, a bike obstacle course with the Flaming Cheetahs, a science station with air quality measuring equipment for students to try, and a bike education and repair station by the WRENCH.

For more information, visit the website at http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/clean-air-day-2016/ or email media contact below.

Cheers,

*Jamie Hilland* | *Program Manager*

*Active and Safe Routes to School*

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