by: Emily Hoard (The News-Review)
Hundreds of students opted to walk or bike to Green, Hucrest and Eastwood elementary schools Wednesday morning as part of National Walk and Bike to School Day.
Blue Zones Project-Umpqua and Bike Walk Roseburg partnered to host the “Walking School Bus” opportunities for the three schools, with adult volunteers escorting the kids along the walk for safety.
Holding up a yellow cutout of a school bus donning the words, “Same Kids, Just Healthier,” 9-year-olds Danika Opp and Sophie Howren marched to school from the parking lot behind Abby’s Pizza on northeast Diamond Lake Boulevard to Eastwood Elementary School.
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