Safety Kids

Do any of you remember The Safety Kids?  Last year I bought the booklet and CD for Claire because I remembered doing it as a kid. It's great and teaches your child personal safety in a fun way.

 At the same time last year I enrolled Claire in a local Baptist Church's summer Bible camp. It was a good experience and I liked the feeling of community between other Moms of different religions.

  I then wondered why we didn't as a church take advantage of inviting the community in a bigger way than simply inviting a friend to come to some activities.

 So I spent the next year working on how to bring Safety Kids to our community. I wanted to do something that was non-denominational-something that any person with or without faith would appreciate.

 I advertised through all the local city halls and they sent mailers out and posted on their websites. I also posted on several local and popular sites for the community and went to a variety of churches and asked if they could post our community event.

 I asked my friends who were not affiliated with the Mormon Church to teach classes.

 I gave the teachers two months to prepare their own lessons based on the materials I gave them (Brite music gave me copyright permission).

 I had two different outdoor safety classes that the kids also rotated through. They learned "street smarts" in regards to playing outside and being in the woods and a bit of wilderness survival...you know fires and shelters and such.

 The turnout was not what I dreamed, but it was a great start. We did have people from around the community join (just not as many as I hoped, but non the less a good start- 10 out of 43 "member"kids).

 It ran smoothly, I had tons of help and people all seemed to comment in the positive.-Whew!

 I really hope if we are not in NH next year that someone will continue on with this. I think it will gain momentum as the years go on and be a positive thing for the community and something that can bring understanding and a sense of comfort between faiths.