MoveOn Colchester Active Transportation Week, September 18-26, 2010

Online, September 16, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Truro - MoveOn Colchester presents the first ever Active Transportation Week for Colchester County September 18-26, 2010. The week long event seeks to promote and celebrate all forms of active transportation (AT) through various fun activities, week long challenges, workshop and training sessions, as well as organized walks and rides.

From community groups such as the Central Nova Volkssport Walking club, and the Truro Trailblazers to provincial organizations including Orienteering NS and Hike NS, hosting events throughout the county, the week has something to offer for everyone and will showcase the various forms of active transportation such as walking, biking, inline skating, and skateboarding.

In addition to events there are two challenges occurring during the week: The First is a Campus Commuter Challenge between the NSAC and NSCC-Truro Campus. It is a friendly competition between Colchester campuses to save greenhouse gas emissions by travelling in a more sustainable way. Current students, graduates, staff, alumni - all can register under the school and participate! The winning campus will receive a bike rack donated by the Town of Truro Parks, Recreation and Culture department. In addition, individual prizes will be drawn from the pool of participants. To register and to find out more details contact [email protected], 843-418. Prizes to be won include: A new bicycle from Hub Cycle, in line skates, a pair of snow shoes, panier bags, bike racks, running shoes, gift certificates and more!

The other challenge is an AT week Participation challenge. This is simply a draw for prizes, for each event a person attends they can fill out a ballot and enter to win. The more vents attended, the greater the odds. Prizes to be won include: Prizes to be won include: Brand new bikes from Hub Cycle, a pair of in-line skates, snowshoes, biking gear (panier bags, a basket, bike lock, etc.), Gift Certificates, water bottles, and more!

To learn more and see the complete schedule of events for the week visit: www.colchester.ca/moc or www.moveoncolchester.blogspot.com . You can also join the facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=100515716680087&ref=ts

The initiative is led by the MoveOn Colchester campaign which seeks to promote active transportation (i.e. any form of human-powered transportation, like walking or biking) in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. This campaign started in 2009 and is a partnership of the Living Earth Council, the Municipality of the County of Colchester, the Town of Truro, and the Village of Bible Hill. MoveOn Colchester strives to show people that the simple daily actions of walking work, biking to school, or in line skating to the store, results in countless health benefits to the individual, environment and community as a whole.