National Safety Month, June 2009

When we think of June, we often think of getting out and about – to the beach, camping, spreading our wings. From home / office improvements and teen driving to road trips , this is the month to rethink ways in which we can keep safe.

There are a few popular sites for National Safety Months. The first comes from the National Safety Council:

http://www.nsc.org/

Updated information has been launched for the month, including free enrollment in two popular online training courses, June 1-7 only: Alive at 25® Parent Program," for parents of teen drivers (http://teendriver.nsc.org/), and "First Aid and CPR with AED" basic training for adults (http://www.safetyserve.com/firstaidnationalCPRweek/).

You can see more about these programs and access the links to the courses at:

http://www.nsc.org/weekly_articles/nsm09_w1.aspx

For more about teen driving and safety, as well as other safety topics (including informative posters), see the National Safety Council’s site at:

http://www.nsc.org/NSM

Another useful site is the Safety Council. This page offers a week-by-week focus:

http://www.safetylca.org/s/safefact.asp?loc=s&tag=s3&pg=safefact.asp&page=safefact_nationalsafetymonth.htm

For teens, tweens, and younger, see the National Organization for Youth Safety found at:

http://www.noys.org/

Enoch Pratt Library offers great pathfinders and resources, and for June’s National Safety Month:

http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/bst/index.aspx?id=21392

This resource includes fire safety, health resources, home and personal safety.

There are a growing number of safety resources since technological changes and discoveries create new issues. Information can often be showcased on YouTube, such as NASA’s Child Safety Sensor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQxvkWgDrk). Safety Issues offers a wide array of brief, online viewing over a variety of safety topics:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=safety+issues&aq=f

Finally, the Orange County Public Library system, of Florida, offers a humorous way to promote Wii safety using action G.I. Joe action figures:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dbdjLXa7Y4

For questions about these and other topics, visit Maryland AskUsNow! online at:

http://www.askusnow.info

From all of us at AskUsNow! -- Have a safe and happy summer!