Massachusetts Walk and Bike to School Day takes place on the first Wednesday of May – May 1st this year – and celebrates the efforts of hundreds of schools currently involved in Safe Routes to School programs in Massachusetts.

Each of Needham’s Public Elementary Schools has an active program encouraging children to walk to school. See more information here or contact the parent coordinators at your school:

• Broadmeadow: Samantha Clark
• Eliot: Marie Shapiro
• Hillside: Michelle Hoffmeister
• Mitchell: Amy Simeone or Kelly Faggiano
• Newman: Anne Hayek, Beth Shulman, Laura Demaio