The Hardy Elementary School celebrated the culmination of Human Power month on Monday, June 7, with a mountain of prizes for participants who turned in their Green Human Power May/June Calendar. The calendar marked days kids either walked or biked to school and added up their mileage. Here are the stats for 2010.

HUMAN POWER MONTH FINAL STATS 2010

Total # of kids that participated: 85

Total # of miles: 1,090


Total # of miles walked: 951.5


Total # of miles biked: 138.5


Farthest Total distance: 33.6 miles


Average distance walked/biked: .56 miles

Average Kid Distance for month: 12.82 miles

We wish to thank, first of all, the kids for their effort and enthusiasm in this important awareness-building activity. Huge thanks also go to Lauren Hefferon who is dedicated to bike awareness and the Safe Routes to School program all year around, not just in May and June. Did you know Safe Routes to School has its own website? Please check it out at http://sites.google.com/site/hardyschoolsaferoutes/Home, and find out the safest routes for walking and biking to school. You are sure to make friends along the way! Let’s also show some appreciation for the new bike rack Hardy will be installing by filling it up with bikes! More volunteers are needed to help create awareness around this program in 2010-11. If you are interested, please get in touch with Lauren Hefferon at Lauren@ciclismoclassico.com. This year’s volunteers also included Chad Gibson and Nawwaf Kaba of East Arlington Liveable Streets Coalition, Suma Greenwald, Ray Jones and Stephanie Marlin-Curiel.

Finally, we wish to thank our donors for the cornucopia of prizes we were able to offer the kids. By virtue of their generosity, we were able to read every name and award a prize to each child who participated and turned in a calendar. Donors included: Ciclismo Classico, Lauren Hefferon, Leader Bank, Cambridge Savings Bank, Maxima Gift Shop, Francesca’s Kitchen, and Artbeat. Business donors are true partners in our community and remember, shopping local is another way of going green. Please remember Maxima’s Shop for Our School program. When you sign up, they donate 5% of proceeds to Hardy School!