York County’s Safety Town Program Registration Begins Monday, May 16
York County’s Safety Town Program Registration Begins Monday, May 16, 2016
York County residents may begin registering for the county’s award-winning Safety Town program on Monday, May 16. On this day, registration will be 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration times on remaining days will be 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registrations will be accepted in the Community Services office located at 224 Ballard Street in historic Yorktown. Non-County residents may register beginning Monday, May 23, at 8:15 a.m. Registration forms and fees will be accepted only by hand-delivery to the address listed above and only during the registration time period. Each weekly session can accommodate 60 children. The cost for York County residents is $25 per child; the cost for non-York County residents is $35. Payment must be made in the form of cash, check, or money order. No debit or credit cards will be accepted.
Now in its twenty-second year of operation, Safety Town continues its work of reducing childhood injury by introducing basic safety concepts to children entering Kindergarten in the fall. Set up to resemble a small-scale town with portable buildings, sidewalks, roads, and street signs, the appealing Safety Town learning environment is used as a practice area for several of the safety lessons. Each session lasts one week, running Monday through Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. All lessons and activities relate to a specific topic each day, such as Traffic and Pedestrian Safety, Fire Safety, Home Safety, and Personal Safety. Parents will accompany their children to Safety Town on Friday, attending a Safety Fair and Completion Ceremony, at which each child will receive a certificate, a Safety Town t-shirt, backpack, and a bicycle helmet.
Funding for Safety Town is provided by the generous contributions and sponsorship of area businesses, community agencies, civic organizations, County government, and individual citizens.
The schedule for the 2016 Safety Town is:
Date
July 11 – July 15 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
July 18 – July 22 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
July 25 – July 29 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
August 1 – August 5 Queens Lake Middle School
Registration forms and information are available at all York County Elementary Schools, the York County Public Library, Parks, Recreation & Tourism, the Griffin-Yeates Center, and online at www.yorkcounty.gov/
York County Safety Town Program Needs Adult and Youth Volunteers
York County’s popular Safety Town program, a summer activity for pre-kindergarten children, has a number of volunteer opportunities available for middle school and high school students, and adults. This award-winning program seeks to reduce childhood injury by teaching Kindergarten-age children basic safety concepts through hands-on, interactive learning experiences.
Youth and adult volunteers are needed to serve as Leader Assistants responsible for helping staff group leaders monitor and supervise an assigned group of twelve children. Volunteer hours will be 8:30 to 11:45 a.m., Monday through Friday, according to the following 2016 Safety Town schedule:
Date
July 11 – July 15 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
July 18- July 22 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
July 25 – July 29 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
August 1- August 5 Queens Lake Middle School
All Safety Town volunteers receive a Safety Town t-shirt and recognition at the weekly completion ceremony. Interested volunteers must be available to attend the volunteer training on Thursday, June 23, at the Public Safety Community Room (301 Goodwin Neck Rd.) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
For the purposes of scheduling and consistency, Safety Town coordinators are requiring all selected volunteers to commit to one entire week of the program this summer. Only 60 volunteer slots are available.
Interested youth and adults should contact York County Parks, Recreation & Tourism, at (757) 890-3500 to receive a Safety Town volunteer application. Applications also are available online at www.yorkcounty.gov/
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