A few spots still available for Children’s Safety Day Camp to be held June 13
Demonstrations to be part of VMH Safety Day Camp ... Veterans Memorial Hospital’s bi-annual Safety Day Camp will be held in Waukon Thursday, June 13 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds. This event teaches all types of safety for children ages six to 14. Many large group demonstrations as well as 10 other small group sessions, such as the one pictured above, are taught throughout the day. To register for the June 13 Safety Day Camp, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411 or log onto the hospital’s website at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com for a registration form. Submitted photo.
There are a few spots still available for any child age six to 14 years who would like to attend the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp. This camp will be held Thursday, June 13 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The day camp is designed to increase children’s awareness of a wide variety of safety hazards, as well as provide 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 Safety
- Farm Equipment Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Lawnmower/Weed Eater/Chainsaws
- Pinch Point Safety
- Bicycle Rodeo
- Grain Bin Safety
- Internet Safety
- Fire Arm Safety
- First Aid
- Water Safety
- Drone Safety
- Snake Awareness.
There will also be large group demonstrations showing power take-off entanglement and heavy gates or a tractor dual falling on an object. Plus it is hoped there will be an actual helicopter fly-in if conditions permit.
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. Registration for the camp can also be done online at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com. Registrations must be turned in by June 7.
A small 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 Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
