On March 20 and 21 the Junior League of Calgary once again participated in Safety Expo, held at the Calgary Municipal Building Atrium. Safety Expo was designed to educate students about their own personal safety and offers over 3,100 students in grades 4 – 7 the opportunity to explore and participate in 30 interactive displays. The City has spearheaded Safety Expo since 2003 to increase safety awareness and promote citizen safety at home, school and play, and 2012 marked the ninth year for the event and the third year that the JLC has participated.
Our booth remains one of the most highly-visited booths, as students are engaged in all the activities our station provides. JLC members wore chef hats and red aprons as they informed students about cooking and knife safety, proper food handling, correct hand washing techniques and germs. The students continue to love using the plush germs, Glo Germ activity box and the opportunity to cut the rubber chickens and fish!
This year our JLC booth was selected to be one of the exhibitors to be featured in the media. President Alice Gardner-Boreta spoke on behalf of the JLC, informing Global TV viewers that we created our double-wide booth in response to a request from the City, which in turn was based on the success of our Junior Chefs and Kids in the Kitchen programs within the Calgary community. The exhibits and workshops at Safety Expo are connected to the Alberta Education curriculum outcomes and are designed to engage and educate students to make responsible decisions about their personal safety.
Dianne Lyle, the Coordinator of Safety Expo, thanked us for our fantastic booth and made a point of asking us to consider doing it again next year.
We appreciate all of the talented women who took the time to help run this educational event. Many thanks to: Wendy Baillie, Kathryn Berkson, Candice Behm, Lynne Christensen, Susan Cruess, Kathy Deyell, Erin Ferguson, Donna Fan, Tammy Figol, Alice Gardner-Boreta, Kate Hanna, Josie Kirkpatrick, Julianne Lorehn, Velvet Matheson, Marilou Mitchell, Christina Murez, Emily Roback, Marie Starich, Melanie Tewksbury, Elaine Tsekouras, Deb Vanderberg, Norma Westcott and Emily Wood.
Elaine Tsekouras
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