"Just go to the daycare center on foot" - that is what the county council of the county of Herford, Jürgen Müller, advises all parents and children. To ensure that it can be done safely even in the dark, on Friday he distributed the first 54 of 2500 warning vests with reflective tapes to the children of the Protestant Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kita in Enger's district of Belke-Steinbeck. In the next days and weeks, all three-year-olds will be equipped in a circle with the vest.
"Be visible, be sure" is the motto of the campaign. The county also offers all kindergartens in the region the opportunity to do Mobility Weeks. In doing so, the children learn to be able to move safely in traffic with the wheel or the bicycle. The walk to the daycare center also serves climate protection and makes it clear to children that day-to-day journeys do not just have to be done by car, emphasized Nadine Steenberg, Mobility Commissioner at Herford County, and Climate Protection Manager Anna-Lena Mügge.
Suitable for the lantern procession
Julia Rullkötter and Claudia Stevens-Maas from the Kita leadership in Belke-Steinbeck came straight to the gifts of the circle. The light reflective safety vests could thus be used directly for the lantern procession. The girls and boys are allowed to take the vests home.
As Stevens-Maas emphasized, only ten percent of children currently walk to the daycare center. For good reason: Almost all parents are working and in a hurry in the morning. Jürgen Müller also relies on safety vests with reflective materials. "I'll wear it if I can figure out to jog again," he said.
