Walk Across Illinois is committed to the idea that schools should be alive with physically active students engaged in fun, standards-based curricular activities that promote physical activity, active transportation choices and healthy eating. We embrace a world where administrators champion a healthy school environment and parents and educators join the children in embracing physically active lifestyles. We envision communities across Illinois where crosswalks are filled with children walking, rolling and cycling to school.
To fulfill our mission, we have created several FREE programs for elementary schools. All our programs include necessary supplies, curricula, training (with CPDU credits) and incentives. To learn more about each of these FREE programs, click on the program name.
"I think the School Fitness Program is great because it challenges kids to get out, get going and be active. I have a fourth grader and even he says he has to go out and get his miles done - and he turns off the TV and goes." - Dee Dee Calow Principal, Apple River Middle School
Learn about the history and geography of Illinois. The 375-mile trip from Rock Island to Springfield (via Chicago) includes information on transportation choices, healthy eating and 19th and 20th century historical events.
In the early 1800s, before European settlers came to Illinois, the Blackhawk Native American Tribe lived in this area. The Chicago Blackhawks hockey team is named after the Indian Tribe who lived in the Joliet area.
