On March 9 and 10 the Junior League of Calgary participated in the 2011 Safety Expo in the Calgary Municipal Building Atrium - the eighth year for this premier event to promote safe environments for children at home, school and play. Safety Expo offered over 3,200 Calgary grade 4-7 students innovative, interactive and engaging safety and injury prevention education. All booths, exhibits and workshops were designed to engage and educate students to make responsible decisions about their personal safety. The information presented was connected to Alberta Education Curriculum outcomes.
This year the City of Calgary invited the Junior League of Calgary to host a double-wide booth about Kitchen Safety based on the reputation of our Kids in the Kitchen initiative and former Junior Chefs project. To attract students to our booth, JLC members wore chef hats and red aprons plus put up an eye-catching display board that promoted key kitchen safety tips. Students specifically learned about cooking and knife safety, proper food handling, correct hand washing techniques and germs using the plushy germs and the Glo-Germ activity with our rubber chickens and fish!
The JLC booth was well received by the students. They were very engaged in all the activities our exhibit provided. JLC member Judi Lee said: "I had one parent who was leading a group of kids. She wanted us to know that our booth was the 'go to' booth that all the kids were talking about. When she asked around to see which booths were the best, the kids said that ours was, with lots of fun, hands-on learning! Great job, ladies!"
We are very appreciative to the JLCers who took the time out of their busy schedules to help us out with this educational event. These dynamic volunteers delivered our message in a very fun, creative and professional manner.
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