by: Vicky O. Misa (The Shawnee News-Star)
Blue Zones Project Pottawatomie County recently announced the winners of the Walking School Bus Challenge.
To help grow healthy kids and a healthy community, Shawnee Mayor Richard Finley joined with the organization to challenge local schools to walk to Japan (6,350 miles) — home of sister city Nikaho and an original blue zone, Okinawa.
“They started this challenge at the beginning of the semester and have now exceeded the original goal by walking 7,818 miles to date,” Blue Zones Project’s Project Manager Taylor Shekarabi said.
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