The Angier Golden Sneaker

As the Safe Routes to School chair, I wanted a fun promotion to get kids walking to school in May. Enter The Angier Golden Sneaker contest, four weeks of hidden golden shoes around the neighborhood (and on campus for bus riders), find one and you get a prize, walk, bike or bus to school and you are entered in a raffle. It was wonderfully fun and really created a buzz at school. The classroom with the most participants at the end of the month received a golden sneaker trophy.

Maddie really got into it! She was determined to find a golden sneaker on the walk to school. Looking for one as she felt she'd have better luck on the other side of the street from us!

Ta Da! Golden sneaker found.

We ended the promotion with golden juice (lemonade), music by the school orchestra, more prizes and the trophy award ceremony.

Two of Maddie's friends (Amelia and Taraneh) who found a golden sneaker. Yes, I know it is a very abstract sneaker but this was my month of illness and it was all I could do! The kids didn't seem to mind.