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Fayetteville FD Joins Safe Kids Cumberland County

Fayetteville Fire Department Joins Safe Kids Cumberland County on
International Walk to School Day

The Fayetteville Fire Department will partner with Safe Kids Cumberland County and FedEx Volunteers for the International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct 7 to raise awareness for Child Pedestrian Safety. This event will teach children at Ponderosa Elementary School about safe pedestrian behaviors.

City Councilman D.J. Haire, Fire Chief Benny Nichols, Cumberland County Heath Department Director Buck Wilson and Principal Maria Pierce-Ford will walk with the students and their parents to school starting at 7am. The Walk will begin at the Winn-Dixie parking lot on Santa Fe Dr. and continue down Bonanza Dr. to the school. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies and City of Fayetteville Police will be on hand to assist with street crossings.

This year’s walk is also a memorial to 13 year old Phuong Tran, who was struck and killed in 2007 as he crossed Bonanza Dr.