A total of 15 schools, 69 teachers
and 1,251 students in Logan County schools participated in this Walk
Day activity, walking a total of over 52.5 miles. The following
won random drawings of those participating and were awarded bags of
trail mix for their classes to snack on during their walks: the
fourth-grade class at Washington-Monroe Elementary in Lincoln,
taught by Leslie Singleton; the first-grade class at Carroll
Catholic School in Lincoln, taught by Sheila Davison; and the
first-grade class at Jefferson Elementary in Lincoln, taught by
Laura Boyer.
Walk Day is an annual May event sponsored by University of
Illinois Extension. For further information about how to get
involved next year, please contact Patty Huffer at the Logan County
Extension office at 732-8289.
[News release by Patty Huffer,
Logan County
Extension]
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