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ARRIVAL! Welcome baby Kiyomi Simone Oishi Coffman (say that five times fast!) to the Safety City family. Happy parents Jeff and Arlene are settling into parenthood, and Jeff is continuing to provide quality helmsmanship for Safety City - even with the sleep-deprivation.
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EDUCATION March and April are "Home Safety" time, and, as usual, the Safety City instructors have been delivering lessons that engage the children in a hands-on, active learning process. Our method of delivery can be summed up in this way, "Get them laughing and when their mouths are open, stick in a little food for thought." The big message has been to slow down, listen to your parents and tidy up. These are things that children can do to prevent the number one cause of household injury, tripping and falling. Think about this: "In 1995 preventable injuries cost Canadians $8.7 billion. Falls accounted for $3.6 billion or more than 40% of the total amount." (From: website www.smartrisk.ca "The Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in Canada") While keeping up the quality of our programming, the number of children we visit is continuing to grow. So far this year we have had the pleasure of seeing this many smiling faces: Program Totals:
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| CONSTRUCTION We are happy to welcome Mr. Joe Gillett back from his annual flight south, and are looking forward to the completion of our training facility this summer. The work left to be done includes the installation of sidewalks and curbing, installation of traffic lights, and line painting. Landscape work will also be completed this summer including underground sprinklers, planting trees and the construction of a small playground structure (a mini fire-truck donated by the Cooperators).
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| INTERNATIONAL YEAR
OF THE VOLUNTEER - 2001! On April 25, Safety City will be participating in the first annual LCI Green and Gold Youth Volunteer Day. Twenty high school students, wielding 20 mighty brooms, will help us prepare the ashphalt for painting and concrete work. We're crossing our fingers that everything will be ready for "Bike Safety" to be taught on site in May. Here's a question: How much pop can that many teen-agers drink on a hot afternoon? We are, of course, expecting nice hot weather and a happy day. If you have any other ideas for great volunteer activities, or would like to volunteer, let us know.
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| SAFETY STORIES Program Coordinator, Patti Caven addressed a group of Kiwanians at their weekly lunch meeting: "Lately, I've been asking the students that we visit if they've ever experienced one of those I knew that was going to happen moments." We all have them. The following is one of those stories, written ... ... In the Words of A Child HOW I CRACKED MY HEAD One day I was having spaghetti for dinner. My mom, my dad, my uncle Timmy and my sister were there. My uncle Timmy told me we were having spaghetti, and I ran down the stairs. Oops. That was a mistake. A big one. It turned into a tumble down the stairs and my head hit the corner of the wall. I closed my eyes until my head hit the wall but when I opened my eyes my dress was blood red. It was very scary! My mom drove me to the Hospital. When we got there I wasn't bleeding anymore because my mom put a cloth to my head to stop the bleeding. The cloth was wrecked by the time we got to the Hospital, but like I said my head wasn't bleeding anymore. I had to get five stitches. It hurt but it didn't hurt as much as when I cut my head. After about a week or two I went to the Hospital again to get my stitches took out. From then on I walked down the stairs. The End. Written By: Jesse Thompson Gr. 3 Agnes Davidson We'd like to include more stories, written "in the words of a child, or a teacher, or a parent", that have to do with safety, preventing injuries, or that might just give us a good laugh. Send us your stories!
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| UPCOMING EVENTS May is busy, busy, busy!
Please join us at any of the events. If you would like to call ahead and work as a volunteer, we'd love that too. Call 317-1955 or email scsl@theboss.net
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| SUMMER SAFETY TIPS Summer's just around the corner. Bet you can't wait to hit the beach. To most of us, a great summer day includes sun and water, which are both potential dangers. The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that we: ** SLIP on a shirt When a child is around water, the Canadian Red Cross reminds us that you are their best life preserver. It only takes a moment for a child to get into trouble, so please keep them under your watchful eye when you are cooling off around the water on those hot summer days.
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Safety City: "Reducing childhood injuries through safety education."
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Safety City Siren Safety City Society of Lethbridge 3417 Parkside Drive South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4R3 Phone: 317-1955 Fax: 317-1977 |
Published Quarterly January, April, July, October Next Edition Deadline June 29, 2001 Att: Deb Fancy |
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