Designing and Delivering Safety Day Programs
4-H & Youth
Susan Alexander
EXTENSION AGENT, Retired
BROOKVILLE
Abstract
DESIGNING AND DELIVERING SAFETY DAY PROGRAMS \r\nAlexander, S. K.\r\nExtension Educator, Penn State Cooperative Extension, Jefferson County, Brookville, PA 15825\r\n\r\n Statistics show that too many youth are injured or die in accidents that are preventable. The Safety Day Committee offers an opportunity for second graders to attend a five hour Safety Day. The 2009 Safety Day had four-hundred-sixty-five second graders and one-hundred adults. Youth spent twenty minutes at each safety station learning a key safety behavior. The committee has been organizing the Safety Day for twelve years. The committee has built upon their success and grown each year. The first year only one school attended but additional schools have been added each year. The committee is now the one being contacted by schools asking if they can be included. Alexander has also been successful in developing collaborations with other agencies/organizations as either sponsors or presenters at the Safety Day. In 2010 another youth organization actually contacted Alexander to donate money. The other organization had not been able to develop their program and was disbanding. They realized the value of the Safety Days and voted to donate their remaining funds to the Safety Day. \r\nAlexander will share tips and experiences in designing and delivering a sucessful Safety Day Program.
Authors: Alexander, S.
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Alexander, S. Extension Agent, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, 15825