"It's a privilege for us to come to a great park and walk to our school in a town like Morris," Immaculate Conception School Principal Kim DesLauriers said Wednesday just before he and his students set off for their walk to school together.

Oct. 3 has been proclaimed Walk to School Day in Grundy County, the same day as International Walk to School Day.

Each year, the Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Grundy County Environmental Resource Conservation Office and the Grundy County Farm Bureau host a walking event at a grade school in the county. Last year, the walk was held at Gardner Grade School in Gardner.