improving playground safety
knowledge, understanding, and accountability!
SAFE AT PLAY
Blow Bubbles for Safe at Play on April 12, 2016 ~
National Playground Safety Week is April 25 - April 29, 2016 ~
EVENTS
CPR and AED Awareness Week is June 1 - June 7, 2016 ~
HIGHEST RATED
What You Can Do?
Support the incorporation of Safe at Play on Tyrah's birthday 4/12/16 @ 6:30 PM on the field of VCC. The hope is to create awareness in the prevention of needless childhood playground injuries, disabilities, and deaths.
Participants are asked to meet at 6:30 PM to briefly learn about the mission of Safe at Play and then blow bubbles for ten minutes which signifies that our children, like bubbles, are unique, delicate, and require careful handling and protection.
Every participant is asked to bring their own bubble solution, bubble pipes, blowers, wands, and other bubble-making devices. Some bubble solution and devices will also be available at the event.
Thank you for your support in keeping our children safe at play.
Please spread the word about this event to other supporters.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Victory Community Church
657 Mount Zion Road
Oxford, GA 30054
As a Girl Scout, Tyrah promised on her honor, “To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.” Our little Princess’ life was short, but we hope to make her legacy eternal by fulfilling her promise, bringing awareness, and effecting change. Look for this card so that you can pay it forward.
What You Can Do?
Let’s save more lives. Let’s train the next generation of lifesavers. Let’s teach America’s students to Be CPR Smart.
When ordinary people, not just doctors and EMTs, are equipped with the skills to perform CPR, especially if performed immediately, it can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival.
Help us add thousands of lifesavers to our communities. Join us in supporting the American Heart Association to ensure all students, parents, educators, and the community at large learn CPR.
To get started, please visit the American Heart Association website for free materials that you can print and/or post on social media:
AHA CPR and AED Awareness Week
“CPR and AED Awareness Week.” American Heart Association. < http://cpr.heart.org> 28 Mar 2016.
What You Can Do?
Playgrounds don't become safer all by themselves. They need people like you to take action! So what can you do? Here are some suggestions:
- Design and distribute surveys to discover favorite and least favorite equipment, as well as recurring playground problems and injuries.
- Send letters to your state governor encouraging them to proclaim National Playground Safety Week.
Create and hang posters in schools and community areas outlining S.A.F.E. playground practices.
- Complete playground equipment safety checks and evaluations.
- Challenge your school to an injury-free week on the playground.
- Host a guest speaker to discuss safety on the playground.
- Check out your local playgrounds. If there is hard surfacing, such as asphalt, concrete, dirt, or grass underneath play equipment, call the owner and politely voice your concern. Ask if there is anything you can do to help with the transformation to safe surfacing.
- Write to the editor of your hometown newspaper commenting on any playground safety issues in your local community. Give credit to those facilities with safe playgrounds as well.
- With children, make a maximum of five playground rules that they can remember and follow.
“Playground Safety Week.” National Program for Playground Safety. < http://playgroundsafety.org/safety-week/introduction> 26 Mar 2016.
Please visit this page often to keep updated on organized and/or participating events, meetings, and activities for Safe at Play.