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Grand Forks

Top Tips to Keep Kids Safe

Unintentional injuries are the number one cause of death among children ages 19 and under in the United States. Each year one out of every four children needs medical attention for an accidental injury. In addition, most of these unintentional injuries and deaths are preventable.

Safe Kids Grand Forks is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing accidental injury. The majority of accidental injuries can be prevented and since being founded in 1988, there has been a 64% decrease in unintentional injury rates among children 19 and under.

Never place any part of your body directly over a firework device when lighting the fuse.

Back up to a safe distance immediately after lighting fireworks.

Read more from United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

Boat Responsibly

Although carbon monoxide can be present without the smell of exhaust fumes, if you smell exhaust fumes, carbon monoxide is also present. Take immediate action to dissipate these fumes.

How to Protect Others & Yourself

There's nothing like outdoor grilling. It's one of the most popular ways to cook food. But, a grill placed too close to anything that can burn is a fire hazard. They can be very hot, causing burn injuries. Follow these simple tips and you will be on the way to safe grilling.  

Read more from NFPA Your Source for SAFETY information

As a supporter of our annual Kids Don’t Float Water Safety Class, we wanted to send a note of gratitude for your support and provide a summary of this year’s activities.

This water safety program has been offered in our community for the past 28 years and during that time, we have trained thousands of kids in how to be safe around water. This year over the three and a half days the class was offered, we had 693 students in grades 2—5 and over 100 adults attend our seven classes that we offered.

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On behalf of Safe Kids Grand Forks, we extend our gratitude to the City of Grand Forks for helping support our Safe Kids injury prevention efforts. We wanted to provide a summary of the 2021 Medication Take Back Events that were held throughout our community. This is but one example of how the funding provided by the City of Grand Forks is being used to support our work.

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We are so proud to promote this class as being sponsored by the Lunn Family in honor and memory of Cynthia Lunn. This program would not be possible for our community and region without your family’s generous support.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics released new safe sleep recommendations.

This information will be updated on our social media page and the fall newsletter.