VMH Safety Day Camp; There’s still time to register


Safety Day Camp to be hosted by VMH June 13 ... There is still time to register for the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp to be held June 13, from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Allamakee Fairgrounds. A small registration fee for the event covers lunch, snacks, a take-home goodie bag, first aid kit and a safety day camp T-shirt. This event is held every other year. Pictured above, a drone makes a delivery during the drone safety portion of the 2017 Safety Day Camp. Submitted photo.

Parents can do more to ensure that accidents don’t become a part of their children’s childhood memories. One way to start is by having your 6 to 14 year old children attend the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp. This camp will be held Thursday, June 13, at the Allamakee Fairgrounds from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The day camp is designed to increase children’s awareness of a wide variety of safety and farm hazards, as well as providing them with hands-on, first aid training to help themselves or someone else survive an accident should one occur.
Individual topics covered at this year’s safety camp will include the following:

• ATV and Motorcycle Safety
• First Aid
• Electrical Safety
• Farm Equipment Safety
• Grain Bin Safety
•Lawnmowers/Chainsaws/Weed Eater/Pinch Point Safety
• Bicycle Safety/Rodeo
• Drone Safety
• Fire Arm Safety
• Water Safety
• Snake Safety

There will also be large group demonstrations showing power take-off entanglement and heavy gates or a tractor dual falling on an object. Weather permitting, a helicopter fly-in will also be part of the large group demonstrations.

Parents can register their children to participate in the camp by picking up a registration form at the main entrance of Veterans Memorial Hospital or from the Allamakee County Extension Office. Or you may register for the camp on-line at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com. Registrations must be returned to the hospital. Only the first 150 applications will be accepted. A small registration fee for the event covers lunch, snacks, a take-home goodie bag, first aid kit and a safety day camp T-shirt.  For questions, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.