STRANGER AWARENESS & YOUTH SAFETY SEMINAR

The Delaware Optimist Club held another Stranger Awareness Seminar on May 12, 2007 with our good friends at Summit Martial Arts, The Delaware City Police Department and The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office. The partnership of these fine organizations made the seminar a great success! Photos from the May 12th, 2007 seminar are online.

The purpose of the Stranger Awareness and Safety Seminar is to promote youth safety. The seminar was open to all Delaware County children age 4 and up.

The program included:

• Hands-on self defense
• Role play
• Spotting dangerous actions
• Politeness vs. safety
• Awareness tips
• Internet safety
• Child ID
• Child protection

Previous Stranger Awareness and Safety Seminars

The first Stranger Awareness and Safety Seminar was held on Saturday, April 15, 2006 and the second on June 10th, 2006. See some photos from the June workshop.

Summit Martial Arts provided demonstrations on common lures, self-defense, at-home safety as well as safety in public places. Officer Rita Mendel with the assistance of Citizens Patrol provided child ID and fingerprinting and information on at-home safety. Deputy Doug Simila of the Delaware County Sheriff’s office provided helpful information on staying safe in public areas and the safest method for getting help when becoming lost or separated from your group in public.

“In many ways it takes an entire community to make sure our children grow up in a safe environment,” Club President Hank Nichols said. “With this program, we hope to do our part in ensuring that local children grow up safely.”

Optimist International is one of the world’s largest service club organizations with 120,000 adult and youth members in 3,800 clubs in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico and throughout the world. Youth safety is a popular focus for Optimist Clubs, with more than 1,400 clubs participating in safety activities annually.

Carrying the motto “Bringing Out the Best in Kids,” Optimists conduct positive service projects that reach more than six million young people each year.

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