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Six Municipal Regions are represented on the HUB including: Hamilton, Halton, Peel, Toronto, York, and Durham.

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For signing up on the Bike Month web-site, schools received information and incentives for organizing events to encourage students of all ages to ride their bikes to and from school, not just during this special week, but throughout the school year.

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Many of the schools ran contests or other events during each day of bike to school week

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Cycling safety was a focus for this year’s events.  Thanks to a generous grant from Ontario Ministry of Transportation’s Community Partnership Program, many schools across the area were provided with cycling safety prizes including helmets, bells and Bike Booster safety information cards.

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BikeBrampton , with help from the ASST Hub, submitted and administered the grant and the safety gear was distributed to the schools by Hub members in each of the Regions.

This year’s Bike To School Week saw a significant increase in the number of schools participating as well as the number of kids participating at each school.

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The graph below, produced by the mother of a student at RJ Lee Public School is representative of the type of growth seen at many of the participating schools.

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Social media contributed to the campaign’s success. Parents…

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Schools…

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And Teachers…

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all helped to get the word out!

The kids…

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who won the prizes…

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were thrilled!

B2SW TCDSB St Cecilia tweet helmet winners

Even some of the parents got caught up in the action!

B2SW PDSB McBride PS helmet winner

These guys can’t wait for Bike to School Week 2017!

B2SW Sir Adam Beck - check on this

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