News by Topic: Street Team

July 2009 Safe Kids Meeting Minutes

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting.  Hopefully we were able to catch you up on what Safe Kids has been doing these past 2 months and encourage you to become involved in upcoming programming! A great big thanks goes out to Mark Kwiatkowski and the Bedford Heights Police Department for hosting our July meeting [...]

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Click It or Ticket at the School Days event at Cleveland Lakefront State Park

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

 On May 20, more than 1,000 Cuyahoga County elementary school children learned about occupant protection at the Click It or Ticket booth staffed by the Safe Communities Street Team at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.  The focus of the booth was a demonstration using the rollover Convincer – the cab of a truck mounted on [...]

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Safety Jamboree – Safe Kids Week

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

To celebrate National Safe Kids Week (April 26 – May 3, 2009), the Safe Kids Greater Cleveland Coaltion is planning a family-friendly interactive safety day addressing a broad spectrum of summer safety issues.  Details of the Safety Jamboree are given below: What: Safety Jamboree – a kid-friendly safety fair Where: Children’s Museum of Cleveland When:  [...]

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Safe Kids Meeting – March 3

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

The next Safe Kids/Safe Communities Meeting will take place on Tuesday March 3, 2009 and begin at 9:30 am.  The Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office will be hosting this meeting in the Edelson Room on the first floor of their building.  Visitors may park in the attached garage, and parking is free.  The address is: Cuyahoga County [...]

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Burn Prevention Awareness Week

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Burn Prevention Awareness Week is February 1 – 7, 2009.  We have materials for coalition members to distribute to elementary school teachers and firefighters. The packet includes: Parent/teacher burn awareness fact sheets Andy the Fire Ant coloring books Freddy the Fire truck coloring books We also have a program for middle school students.  This “Tween” [...]

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Teddy Bear Picnic

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Teddy Bear Picnic was held at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland in University Circle on August 14, 2008.  The first one hundred kids received a free teddy bear provided by the Children’s Museum and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. Before the doors opened, there were ninety anxious kids and their parents waiting in line for [...]

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Kids Fun Day at Progressive Field

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital has sponsored the Cleveland Indians’ Kids Fun Day this year.  Kids Fun Day activities take place before each Sunday Indians home game from 11am – 1pm in the plaza outside of Progressive Field.  Children age 14 and under are treated to games, activities, and giveaways. The Greater Cleveland Safe Kids [...]

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Brooklyn Heights Safety Day

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Brooklyn Heights Safety Day was held on Saturday August 9th.  The Rainbow Injury Prevention Center conducted a booth at the event, and distributed car seat organizers to children and air fresheners to parents.   Safety Day was a large event and well attended by the community.  The Rainbow table focused on CPS and had components designed to interest [...]

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Parade the Circle

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The rain stayed away for the day at this year’s Parade the Circle, allowing thousands to enjoy the afternoon at Cleveland’s premier cultural event.  Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital conducted the “Boost Your Booty” booth at the circle.  Rainbow staff and volunteers interacted with hundreds of children and their parents about riding safely in the [...]

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Edgewater Park – School Days

Friday, August 10th, 2007

More than 1,000 children attended School Days, an event sponsored by Cleveland Lakefront and held at Edgewater Park. The event was split into two areas – the Activity Area an the Fun Fair. In the Activity Area, students moved from station to station and spent a specified amount of time in each. In the Fun [...]

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