PRESIDENT’S CORNER
2014-October
by Kyle Jensen, MHA President
Childhood obesity is higher than ever before. Mayor Price has been promoting the walking school bus along with many other programs to help combat the issue. We made a video challenge for Mayor Price. She loves creativity and technology and it got her attention. She accepted our video challenge and plans to walk with the Mistletoe Heights kids to Lily B. Clayton Elementary on October 10.
The walking school bus is when kids follow a central route allowing them to meet up with other kids as they make their walk to school. It requires one adult per group but shows kids that walking to and from school can be fun, safe, and great exercise.
Mayor Price and Councilwoman Zadeh will start the walk from 1105 Mistletoe Drive at 7:26AM.
GREEN Route: will go South on Mistletoe Drive, East on Mistletoe Blvd at 7:29, then South on Jerome at 7:36. It will meet up with the BLUE route at the corner of Jerome and Edwin at 7:45, then continue South on Jerome, turn East on Weatherbee at 7:50 and arrive at Lily B at 7:51.
BLUE Route: will start at the Little Free Library and go South on Buck at 7:35. It will continue South on Mistletoe Drive at 7:36, turn East on Edwin at 7:38 and meet the GREEN route at the corner of Edwin and Jerome at 7:45. It then continues to school arriving at 7:51.
Our elected officials will highlight the importance of exercise and community. Great premises. There will be a celebration at the school and news coverage. I hope you walk with us and thank you for your passion for our community.