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All just about BabyCreating a Safer House and Community for Your Family
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(ARA) - One of the better parts of living in a community you love is knowing that it is a safe and healthy place for your family and neighbors. Having a safe neighborhood is important to all of us. But most communities are subject to several security concerns, and even as small hazards can become problems if they are not addressed.
The nice news is there are galore things you can do to do your home, neighborhood and community a safer place to live, activity and play, according to Betsy Reithemeyer, director of the Wal-Mart/SAM’S CLUB Foundation, which is funding thousands of projects in local communities nationwide focused on up safety. This year the Foundation is donating much than $5.1 million to local police, fire, rescue and EMS organizations through the company’s Safe Neighborhood Heroes grant.
“These organizations are our neighborhood heroes because of their tireless commitment to support all of us safe,” says Reithemeyer. The grants wish help fund local projects such as bullet-proof vests for police, K-9 dogs for sheriff’s departments, thermal imaging cameras for firefighters, children’s fire security education programs and jaws-of-life for rescue/EMS teams.
Here are a few suggestions for security projects you can do on your own.
* Check state child safety/booster seat laws to be sure your children are properly secured.
* Do sure you insist all passengers in your vehicle wear seat belts at all times.
* Create a family emergency readiness plan so that every family member knows what to do in case of a natural disaster such as an earthquake, tornado or flood.
* Do sure children wear helmets once
riding bikes or skateboards.
* Do an identification card for your children, or finish by a Wal-Mart store on Saturday, Oct. 4, for the Wal-Mart Nice Works Child I.D. Event wherever
a special photograph and identification card wish be ready-made free for all children who attend.
* Do sure your children understand fundamental rules for their own security about strangers. Piece at the Child I.D. Event, pick up a free copy of “Knowing My 8 Rules for Safety,” a booklet written for kids and sponsored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Wal-Mart.
* Put together a family disaster plan that includes a supply kit for your house with food, water, 1st aid supplies, tools and any special items such as baby formula or medications. Besides plan two escape routes out of each room in your house and do sure each family member knows what to do in case of fire.
* Check smoke detectors once a month and change batteries once
you set your clocks forward and back for Daylight Saving Time in Apr and October.
* Ask person from your state department of health to speak to a civic or church group you are involved with just about route to support your family and another members of your community, especially the elderly, safe from health concerns during times of extreme temperature.
* Do a list of emergency telephone numbers, including police, fire, hospital, your family physician, and 911 if your community has it; and support the list wherever
all family members and guests can easily find it.
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