Help our Safe Kids Coalition, through the Shaker Heights Fire Department, earn a $10,000 grant to start a photoelectric smoke alarm education campaign in Cuyahoga County!

September 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 am

 Use your fire safety knowledge to help benefit Cuyahoga County residents. As a part of Liberty Mutual’s Be Fire Smart program, Shaker Heights Fire Department could win a $10,000 Fire Safety Pledge Award. Shaker Heights Fire Department plans to commit the $10,000 grant to our Safe Kids Coalition to initiate a photoelectric smoke alarm education program across Cuyahoga County. You can help by logging onto www.BeFireSmart.com/VanessaLaJudice between September 1-October 31 and completing a ten question fire safety quiz. Credit Shaker Heights Fire Department upon the completion of your quiz and spread the word to everyone in your community. We need as many people to vote as we can! Help Shaker Heights Fire Department and Safe Kids Greater Cleveland win this grant for Cuyahoga County!

July Safe Kids/Safe Communities Meeting Minutes

July 19th, 2010 at 11:56 am

    I. Announcements/Old Business

    Spring Calendar Fundraiser
  • BIG thanks to all those who helped! Raised $760 for Safe Kids Buckle Up Program.
  • DUI Task Force Wins National Award
  • The Cuyahoga County DUI Task Force was awarded 2nd place in the International Association of Chief’s of Police National Law Enforcement Challenge.
  • This marks the fourth time the Task Force has been recognized as one of the top two multi-jurisdictional traffic safety programs in the country.
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
  • Great Big Thanks to our Motorcycle Safety Committee Members: Ken Gillisee, Bob Abele, Mike Lewis, Mark Krumheuer and Pat Greenhill.

    Click It or Ticket

  • BIG THANKS to everyone who helped out with this year’s Click It or Ticket! It was a HUGE success! Check out the pictures on our website at www.injurypreventionceneter.com.posts/291.
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  • BJ’s Wholesale Club Special Offer for Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition

    July 15th, 2010 at 9:36 am

     Kick off your summer and help support the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition by renewing or starting a membership at BJ’s Wholesale Club! BJ’s is extending a special offer to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital’s Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition.  For every new or renewal membership now through July 31, 2010, BJ’s will donate $5 to the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition.  

    A 15-month corporate membership is $35, which is a saving of $10, and you also receive three additional months and your second membership card FREE! As for renewal memberships, BJ’s will add 15 months to your current expiration date through this special offer.

    Learn more about BJ’s Wholesale Club and receive this special offer today!

    Keep Your Family Tight

    July 14th, 2010 at 9:11 am

    Submit a photo with a seat belt theme and you could win a $500 gift certificate!


    How does it work?
    A study by Meharry Medical College, the historically black health professions institution in Nashville, showed that if more African Americans used seat belts, 1,300 lives could be saved every year. We want your help getting the message out that our families are stronger and safer when we buckle up.

    Submit a photo that represents the theme “Keep Your Family Tight!” and shares the message that seat belts are important to your family. You can submit a photo of your family, friends, church group or anything you feel respresents family.

    Mission
    The Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center would like you to have lots of fun this summer at your family reunion, but take some simple steps to make sure your family and friends get there safely. Whether you’re going down the street or across the country, wear a seat belt every time you drive or ride in a motor veicle and remind your family and friends to buckle up.

    Prizes
    One lucky winner will receive a $500 gift certificate for a Backyard Barbecue!

    Contest Timeline
    Submission period: Sunday, July 4, 2010 12:00 a.m.-Monday, September 6, 2010 11:59 p.m.
    Voting period: Sunday, July 4, 2010 12:00 a.m.-Monday, September 13, 2010 11:59 p.m.


    Visit us at www.wzakcleveland.com and click on Contest to enter!

    East Cleveland Back to School Supply Drive

    July 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am

    Help East Cleveland students get the new school year off to a great start! Donate a new school item today! The goal is to supply 300 book bags with school supplies for children in need. Drop off donations to the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center (14801 Shaw Avenue, East Cleveland OH).  Supplies will be distributed at the 2010 East Cleveland Teen Summit on August 21. The Teen Summit is an event hosted by Bridges of Hope, a coalition of agencies in East Cleveland, to help decrease substance abuse through education and leadership development.  Please have supplies to Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center by August 13.

    Supplies needed:

    • Book bags
    • Paper
    • Pencils
    • Pens
    • Glue
    • Pencil Sharpeners
    • Rulers
    • Folders
    • Binders
    • Dictionaries
    • Locks
    • Crayons
    • Spiral Notebooks
    • Composition books
    • Scissors
    • Calculators
    • Erasers

     

     

    Pause to Click Multimedia Campaign

    June 21st, 2010 at 2:45 pm

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    Pause to Click is a program designed to increase seat belt use among kids in 6th through 8th grade.  The multimedia contest portion of the program gives kids a chance to use their creativity for a good cause. Students can compete by creating songs, video PSAs or posters with a seat belt message.   In addition to getting the chance to have their entry made into a radio or television PSA or billboard that will be seen or heard by people all over Greater Cleveland, kids have the chance to win cash–$250 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for third place.


    This is a great program that kids can work on during the summer and we only asked that our adult members pass the information on to their students, co-workers, family and friends!  For more information and to submit entries kids can go to www.pausetoclick.com.  We will be accepting submissions through August 6, 2010.


    Click It or Ticket Video

    June 3rd, 2010 at 8:39 am

    University Hospitals produced video to help promote Click It or Ticket.


    Click It or Ticket Media

    June 2nd, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Speedway and the Cuyahoga County Safe Communities Coalition join forces to reward motorists for Buckling Up

     Just in time for motorists to fuel up and hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, law enforcement agencies and Safe Communities members partnered with Speedway gas stations across Northern Ohio to remind motorists to buckle their seatbelts before leaving for their destinations.  On Friday, May 28, motorists wearing their seatbelts when they entered select Speedway locations were rewarded on the spot with cookies from Speedway and a Click It FOR a Ticket voucher offering a chance at bigger prizes to be awarded at the end of the Click It or Ticket mobilization in June.


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    19/43 Action News: CIOT Day and Night enforcement and the Click It or Ticket Rock Hall Gobo

     Buckle Up: Most Deadly Crashes Happen at Night!

    CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has uncovered a new reason for you to watch out when you’re driving this weekend—especially at night.  When the sun goes down, the seat belts are apparently coming off. Half of all deadly crashes in Ohio happen at night.  The Cuyahoga County DUI Task Force has just kicked off another Click It or Ticket campaign to get more folks like you to buckle up.  Now, University Hospitals found that over a three year period, during the day 49 percent of people who died in car crashes wore seat belts. But at night, only 31 percent of those who died in crashes had buckled up.  State troopers have added patrols in the Cleveland area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights–all spring and summer long. They’ll monitor sections of highway where the most alcohol related crashes have happened.  Local cops are stepping up night patrols for the summer season too so click it or get a ticket and be safe!


    Channel 3: CIOT Rollover Convincer Demo

     Click it or Ticket: Rollover simulation

    This is a huge travel weekend, and you’ve probably heard of the “Click it or Ticket” campaign. But many people still don’t wear their seatbelts.   Jennifer Walker from the Rainbow Injury Prevention Center appeared on Channel 3 News Today Saturday morning, to talk about the importance of wearing a seatbelt.


    Check out more Click It or Ticket Photos at Cleveland.com.



    Calendar Winners

    June 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 am
    Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
       

    1. Cleveland Metroparks Toboggan & Boneyard

    Joe Zuccaro

    2. Seneca Caverns & Our Town and All-Around Dining
    Michael Pecoraro

    3.Western Reserve Historical Society & Time Warner bag
    Dianna Kall

    4. Summer of golfing

    Steve Gullett

    5.
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    7. Giant Eagle

    Janet Whitehorn

    8. Holden Arboretum & BoneYard
    Marlene Walker
    9. Pioneer Waterland & Our Town and All-Around Dining
    Laura Lempner
    10. Mr. Divot’s Sport Park & Time Warner Basket
    Paul Vargo Jr.
    11. Sandusky Fun Day
    Cindy Modie
    12.
    13. 14. American Flag & picnic basket
    FLAG DAY
    Gladys Hood
    15. Cleveland Botanical Garden & Olive Garden
    Kathleen Bacchi
    16. Splash Lagoon Indoor Water park & Our Town and All- Around Dining
    Bob McManamon
    17. Splatter Park Paintball Games & Time Warner bag
    Amy Kundmueller
    18. Spa & Chocolate
    Sammy & Blake Bancroft
    19.
    20. Sears Storage chest & Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    FATHER’S DAY
    Fred Szabo
    21. Pre-Ferd Maid
    Janet Whitehorn
    22.Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and T.G.I.Fridays
    Linda Kimble
    23. Lake County Captains, Lake Metroparks Farmpark and free kids’ meal at Home Town Buffet
    Blythe Kilcoyne

    24. Memphis Kiddie Park and Pizza Hut
    Dan Beyer

    25. Lake County getaway
    Robyn Dill
    26.
    27. 28. Legacy Village
    Molly Smith
    29. Children’s Museum & Applebees
    Christie Wiedt
    30. GRAND PRIZE
    Abbey Lukianowicz
         

    Photo Galleries

    June 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 am

    Click It or Ticket 2010