Education - More Hispanic Outreach

On June 10, 2008 we had another session of our Hispanic Outreach Program. The program is to provide bicycle education and awareness to the local Hispanic population. This time we went over to East Windsor in the Twin Rivers Branch of the Mercer County Library. WWBPA Trustee and Secretary Silvia Ascarelli provides instruction on English as a Second Language at the library.

We started with a video (follow this link http://tinyurl.com/6z8jk9
and click on the videos for Ride Smart - It's Time to Start) geared towards the kids in the audience and then Chris Scherer continued with the discussion, both in Spanish and in English. Silvia Ascarelli, Kim Meersma, and Bob Stango were on hand to help with bike helmet fittings as well as helping to answer questions (click on the video below for a sample).


There was a good turnout mixed with kids and parents and after the session they were encouraged to browse through and help themselves to the materials that we had on hand including:

- Our bilingual bicycle/pedestrian map of West Windsor.

- Bilingual brochures and flyers from the US Department of Transportation about bicycle and pedestrian safety.

- Safety equipment, including helmets, front and rear lights, reflective ankle bands, bike vests and reflective tape.

We gave away approximately 20 helmets, several front and rear lights, many reflective ankle bands and some bike vests.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.


Written by: Bob Stango