Child Safety

Safety Education for Children

Over 700 Parents and Children Attended Safety Sunday at Madison Childrenâ's Museum February 3rd. Our annual Safety Sunday at Madison Children’s Museum drew the largest crowd ever with 700 parents and children attending. Thanks to all Safety Sunday partners for making this a successful event. Special thanks to event sponsors State Farm Insurance and Madison Gas and Electric and to our host, Madison Children's Museum.

Safety Sunday at the Children's Museum is held on the first Sunday in February, and is free. Hope to see you there - Sunday, February 1, 2009!

Safety Saturday, June, 2008

The Madison Fire Department and nearly 30 Dane County organizations sponsor this annual safety fair on the Capitol Square. Safety Saturday includes interactive displays, games, activities, and demonstrations that teach families and the public how to prevent injuries among children. See http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/fire/ prevention/community_education/SS03photogallery.htm.

Contact: Bernadette Galvez, Madison Fire Department
Tel: 608-261-9844; E-mail: bgalvez@cityofmadison.com

Safety Town uses hands-on activities taught in an actual “town” – a small scale city with streets, homes, businesses and sidewalks – to teach local children to be safe in their community. The program is designed to provide comprehensive safety education to children entering kindergarten - a critical age at which to instill safety behaviors. A team of safety experts from a wide range of organizations join together during Safety Town to provide fun, interactive lessons on bicycle, pedestrian and traffic safety, water safety, being safe at home, protective behaviors and fire safety, to area children.

Safety Town is an exciting partnership of Safe Communities members and Madison School and Community Recreation (MSCR) to offer fun, hands-on safety education to pre-kindergarten children. Parents of Safety Town alumni rave about their children’s experience! Participating agencies are Madison Fire Department, Madison and UW Police Departments, Madison Area SAFE KIDS, St. Mary’s, Meriter and UW Hospitals, State Farm Insurance, Madison Gas and Electric, Public Health of Madison and Dane County, SwimWest, Dane County Humane Society, UW Hospital Poison Prevention & Education Center, Madison Traffic Engineering, WAGS, Inc., Wisconsin Division of Consumer Protection and Dean Foundation.

Contact: Sharon Neylon, Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR), tel: 204-3036; e-mail: sneylon@madison.k12.wi.us or Cheryl Wittke, Safe Communities at 256-6713, email: info@safercommunity.net

Thanks to UW Health and AAA Wisconsin for their house sponsorships of Safety Town, and to CUNA Mutual Foundation and Oscar Mayer for additional support.