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September 2011

LIVE WRIGHT NEWSSeptember is Farm to School Month

3rd SRTS National Conference in Minneapolis Hosts 600 Attendees

In This Edition:

Farm to School &

SRTS (pg. 1)

Calendar & Grant

Opportunities (pg. 2)

Walk to School Day &SHIP 2.0 Update (pg. 3)

Did you know? In 2010, 12 million bikes were sold in the United States while 9 million cars were sold!

More MN Schools are Serving up Locally Grown Food

Favorite ways to Celebrate Farm to School Month

Farm to School: So Fresh, So Easy

- A series of 5 on-line trainings designed primarily for food service

professionals.

As of 2010 in Minnesota 123 school districts and 811

schools participated in Farm to School!

The conference featured mobile workshops to explore the beautiful

streets and trails of Minneapolis, a multitude of break-out sessionsand receptions and motivating keynote speakers ranging from

Mayor R.T. Rybak, Congressman Oberstar, the father of Safe Routes

to School, to Kimberly White, an eloquent youth cycling and

environmental justice advocate from New York City. Conference

materials can be found at www.saferoutesconference.org
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21997-1http://www.farm2schoolmn.org/sites/farm2schoolmn.org/Favorite_Ways_to_Celebrate_F2S_Month.pdfhttp://www.extension.umn.edu/farm-to-school/online-trainings/http://www.saferoutesconference.org/http://www.saferoutesconference.org/http://www.saferoutesconference.org/http://www.extension.umn.edu/farm-to-school/online-trainings/http://www.farm2schoolmn.org/sites/farm2schoolmn.org/Favorite_Ways_to_Celebrate_F2S_Month.pdfhttp://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/21997-1


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Page 2 LIVE WRIGHT NEWS

Grants Available for Minnesota Schools to Integrate Environmental and Outdoor Education

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce a RFP from Minnesota schools

committed to integrating environmental and outdoor education into grades 7-12. The deadline to apply is

September 30, 2011. Application materials, are available on the MDE website.

Safe Routes to School Funding Opportunity

The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for 25 mini-grants of $1,000

each. These mini-grants support the goal of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs, which is to enable and

encourage children to safely walk and bicycle to school. Applications are due Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

Visit Safe Routes Mini-Grantsfor more information.

DNR announces new solicitation for parks & trails grants; matching funds requirement

lowered

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced a grant opportunity for funding

park and trail projects across Minnesota. The Parks and Trails Legacy Grant Program, Local Trail

Connections Program, and Regional Trail Program are soliciting applications. All applications are due Oct.

31, 2011. Program information is available on theDNR website. For more information or to learn how to

apply, contact the grants staff listed on the program web pages.

LIVING WRIGHT

INTO FALL

Looking AheadDo you have an event or training you want added to the list? Please share those items with Joel or Catherine and we will

add it to the calendar.

October

10/1 Timberdash 5k Trail Run

+ WalkLake Maria State Park

10/2Medtronic TC Marathon

& TC 10 Mile

10/5 Walk to School Day

10/13 CLT Meeting @ 3:00pm

10/24 Food Day

10/29 Boo-ffalo Fun Run

September(MN Farm to

School Month)

9/15 CLT Meeting @ 2:30pm

be sure to note date and

time change

9/24 Worldwide Play Day

9/25 Steps for Hospice 5k

Family Fun Walk/Run

9/28 Opening Doors Harvest

Potluck Dinner 5:307:00

Functional Industries

November

11/6 World Run Day

11/10 CLT Meeting

11/14-11/16 Making it Better

Conference

11/17 Great American

Smokeout

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES!
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A great promotion idea and

educational tool is a video

called the Ped Safety

Dance. Check out our blog

where we have

linked to the

video

Page 3LIVE WRIGHT NEWS

October 5th is International Walk to School Day!

International Walk to School Day is taking place next month on

Wednesday, October 5, 2011. This years theme is Hike it, Bike

it, I like it! More than 1,000 schools are currently registered.You can register your school today at www.walktoschool.org/

register. For more resources, such as promotional tools, event

ideas and more, visit www.walktoschool.org.

As you are planning your event, the Safe Routes to School

National Partnership encourages you to think about the bigger

picture of who to invite. Inviting your Congressional member

and local elected officials to your event is a great way to show

them Safe Routes to School in action and to generate more

support for future funding.

Otsego Elementaryis the 1st school in Wright County to

participate in the Walk to School Day event! Thank you Erin

Talley (Otsego Elem. Principal), Judy Johnson (Elk River School

District) and Wright County Sheriffs Office for making this

possible. We will give you an update on the event next month.

We would also like to recognize Pinewood Elementary in

Monticello for also committing to promoting Walk to School

Day!Let your school know if you want to get involved or contact

Live Wright and we will do our best to help!!
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