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<br />Police Program Teaches Life-saving Lessons to Pre-K Kids <br />Four dozen pre-kindergarteners graduated last Friday from a <br />comprehensive program offered by the police department to teach <br />valuable safety lessons to young children. <br /> <br />The two-week day camp, Safety Town, is a nationally recognized <br />program that introduces young children to safety awareness and <br />accident prevention through hands-on safety education. The <br />Eugene Police Department partners with the Eugene Kiwanis Club <br />each year to offer the Safety Town program for children entering <br />kindergarten in the fall. <br /> <br />Safety Town teaches life-saving lessons on pedestrian, bicycle, <br />vehicle, school bus, playground, poison, fire, water and home <br />safety, with much of the information taught through fun activities <br />and educational play. Teaching tools include a child-sized town <br />complete with streets, crosswalks, stop signs and traffic signals, to <br />teach bicycle and pedestrian safety, as well as a real fire truck, <br />police car and school bus the kids can explore. <br /> <br />Safety Town is expected to be offered again in 2008. For more <br />information, please contact the School Resource Team supervisor, <br />Sergeant Mike Galick, at 682-8189 or <br />Mike.A.Galick@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />August 30, 2007 <br />