VMH Safety Day Camp: There is still time to register
There is still time to register for the VMH Safety Day Camp to be held June 8, from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Allamakee Fairgrounds. A $15 registration fee for the event covers lunch, snacks, a take-home goodie bag, first aid kit and a safety day camp t-shirt. This event is held every other year. For questions, call event coordinator Jeff Mitchell, EMS-Supervisor at Veterans Memorial Hospital, at 563-568-3411, or register for the camp online at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com. Submitted photo.
Parents can do more to ensure that accidents don’t become a part of their children’s childhood memories. One way to start is by having their six- to 14-year-old children attend the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp. This camp will be held Thursday, June 8 at the Allamakee Fairgrounds from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The day camp is designed to increase children’s awareness of a wide variety of safety and farm hazards, as well as providing them with hands-on, first aid training to help themselves or someone else survive an accident should one occur.
Individual topics covered at this year’s safety camp will include the following:
- ATV, Motorcycle and Bicycle Safety
- First Aid
- Electrical Safety
- Farm Equipment Safety
- Grain Bin Safety
- Camping Safety and Survival Skills
- Firearm and Archery Safety
- Kitchen and Food Safety
- Lawnmowers/Chainsaws/Weed Eater/Pinch Point Safety
- Bicycle Safety/Rodeo
- How to Stay Safe at Home
- Drone Safety
- Fire Arm Safety.
There will also be large group demonstrations showing power take-off entanglement and heavy gates or a tractor dual falling on an object.
Parents can register their children to participate in the camp by picking up a registration form at the main entrance of Veterans Memorial Hospital or from the Allamakee County Extension Office. Or interested individuals may register for the camp online at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com. Registrations must be returned to the hospital. Only the first 150 applications will be accepted. A $15 registration fee for the event covers lunch, snacks, a take-home goodie bag, first aid kit and a safety day camp t-shirt.
For questions, call event coordinator Jeff Mitchell, EMS-Supervisor at Veterans Memorial Hospital, at 563-568-3411.
