The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 4th annual Bike Safety and Rodeo program with after-school children at Pence Elementary on April 11th and 12th.
Chamber volunteers use stations to teach a variety of bike safety topics like hand signals, road signs, rules of the road, bike parts, and do an egg drop experiment to learn the importance of wearing their helmets.
Before the Rodeo begins, all students are fitted for a helmet. If the helmet they have isn’t fitting properly or is damaged, they will receive a free helmet.
The curriculum comes from the Safe Routes to School Program which was developed by the Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Bicycle Coalition. 60 helmets were recently donated to the Chamber of Commerce to assist with their Bike Safety and Rodeo program.