Cal-Nev-Ha KIWIN’S Pediatric Trauma Program Week October 4-10, 2015
Manual
Make it Known Monday Wear it out: Wear a specific color such as red, blue, yellow, or green in the Pediatric Trauma Program logo in support. Take a picture of everyone wearing the specific color, post it on social media, and caption the photo with a description of Pediatric Trauma Program. Spread the word: Create fliers defining what Pediatric Trauma Program is and pass it out during a club meeting, hand them out to friends, or tape them around school with permission.
Use social media: Use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any social media website to post about Pediatric Trauma Program and CNH KIWIN’S District Goal. Also, share the Pediatric Trauma Program video made by CNH KIWIN’S.
Make it Known Monday Table it out: Have a table outside after school and give a small item such as candy, chocolate, pencil, or stickers to those who approach. As they approach, inform them about Pediatric Trauma Program. Also, you could set up a tablet playing the Pediatric Trauma Program video. Sign off to support:
Create a sign or poster with the words Pediatric Trauma Program. At a general meeting or after school, have members sign the poster with their own personal goal/pledge of how much they want to raise for Pediatric Trauma Program. Take a picture of those who signed the poster along with the poster, post it on social media, and further post about Pediatric Trauma Program.
Define the trauma: Have members put on a band aid in the beginning of the day with the letters PTP labeled. As people throughout the day ask what happened and point to the band aid, inform them about what PTP stands for and why you’re spreading awareness.
Tips on Prevention Tuesday Social Media: Research or make a list of some prevention tips and techniques to post online. Create a post on the Facebook group page (if available) and encourage members to list down their ideas on tips on prevention. Elementary Schools:
Visit local elementary schools by getting permission to talk to a class (or multiple classes) about Pediatric Trauma Program. Put up some educational posters and also involve the teachers to say some wise words in class. With a lot of organization in addition to the school administration, you could hold a school wide assembly with various scenarios like choking or drowning.
School Newsletters: Contact monthly newsletters for local elementary schools and input some facts/tips in a blurb. If the elementary schools don’t have monthly newsletters or a routine way to contact the parents, ask to place educational flyers in the office where parents could pick them up.
Tips on Prevention Tuesday Daycares: With the proper permission and preparation, visit a daycare center and speak about safety rules and techniques. You could also hold a presentation on safe liquids versus unsafe liquids in the household, etc. Invite parents to stay and listen in on the presentation as it is useful to both parents and children.
Boys and Girls Club: As kids in boys and girls clubs are typically older than those in the daycare center, have them speak about their experiences with injuries. As they speak, give information on how to prevent further injuries. Give them educational fliers in which they can bring home and encourage them to have a conversation with their parents about the subject.
School: Create posters about general safety and prevention tips. After you create the posters, ask for permission in which club members would help to paste the posters around the entire school. Also, ask the school if you could leave informational fliers in the office where more parents could see them.
Work to Make a Change Wednesday Bicycle Rodeo: Collect or buy tons of bicycle helmets of various sizes and hold an educational session with kids. Educate the kids about bicycle safety and give them tips on how to be safe on the streets. Pass out helmets as a gift and have the kids sign a poster promising to use the helmets. Parents on the Lane: Gather parents of all ages that have children under 10. Do a skit to educate the parents about booster seats and driving safely during different weather conditions and time of day. Have volunteers demonstrate how to securely strap on booster seats and go over the most important driving tips. Use money from previous fundraisers to give away a free booster seat or even more than just one as a way to motivate them to come.
Swimming Gathering: Ask your local swimming pool if you could rent it out for a day. After recruiting people that you know can swim and local life guards, you can hold a swimming gathering to teach both parents and children how to swim and prevent drowning in spontaneous events. Also, educate the parents on what to do if they see a child drowning.
Work to Make a Change Wednesday First Aid and Safety Seminar: In a seminar designed for parents of elementary students, go over the risks of household items and general first aid care. This project is very versatile as there are many topics to go over. At the end of the seminar, give each parent who attended, a packet with useful materials such as wall socket covers or contact/medical information in the helmets Sports: Geared to smaller organizations that have young kids participating in a type of sport, ask the coach if you or several club members could come in and explain the importance of preventing injuries through several methods. They could hold a stretching exercise portion in which many sport injuries occur because people do not properly stretch out their muscles.
First Aid Protection: Buy supplies in a bulk size and create first aid kits. In the first aid kits, include a small description for each component. Donate the first aid kits to a local center but make sure to check for requirements. This project is geared for members to complete after school or a different location so it would be more convenient.
Thank the Heroes Thursday Video Project: Go school wide with this project, get all the students and school administration involved. Create a Facebook event page where people can come to a location preferably on school and record a message thanking the police, firefighters, campus patrol, school nurses, or doctors in the community. Burn the video on a DVD and gift the video to a hospital, etc and also upload the video online so everyone can see. Make Gift Bags: As a club or division, make mini gift bags and hand them out to someone special that has helped prevent pediatric trauma. You can include candy, gift cards, special notes, etc. (you can be creative as you want about it) inside the gift bags. You can deliver them to the local heroes or even closer, to the school nurse.
Write a Thank You Card: Go the traditional route and write a simple Thank You Card to someone you look up to as a hero of Pediatric Trauma Program. You could write to an older sibling, your parents, a teacher, or any special mentor in your life. This can also be a nice way for members to bond as an afterschool service project event.
Thank the Heroes Thursday Post About It on Social Media: Post a picture of someone you know who has contributed to preventing pediatric trauma and explain what they did and how it has affected your life. Don't forget to add the #KIWINSPTPWeek2015 so other members can read about it and write their own statements and thanks.
Design a Thank You Poster: Design a poster for the local police, fire station, or even the school nurse that's filled with lovely decorations and nice big print. Make it look presentable and meaningful so that it can also be displayed.
Do a Special Favor For Them: There's no better way to show your gratitude towards someone than by returning the favor with actions. You could lend them a hand with something, offer to help tidy something up, or treat them out to a meal. The favors are truly endless. After all, actions really do speak louder than words.
Fundraiser Friday Fall Rally Children’s Book Drive: Collect books for the first ever District wide book drive at a designated location after school or during the club meeting, it also increases the chance of your division winning. Pass out an informational flyer about Pediatric Trauma Program to whoever donates books.
Lemonade/Baked Goods Stand: Either after school or at a local store, clubs can hold a lemonade/baked goods stand with the proper permission from either school administration or a manager. They would sell lemonade/baked goods for a reasonable price and they could also pass out small little fliers explaining Pediatric Trauma Program thus spreading awareness.
Pediatric Trauma Program Pie Trivia: Allow general members to pay in which they get to pie board members. As the amount of members begin to pile up, have someone read out a multiple choice Pediatric Trauma Program question. The member who raises their hand and answers correctly first, gets to pie the board member of their choice.
Fundraiser Friday Skate/Bowl/Karaoke Fundraiser: Allow members to bond while also knowing that they're helping a bigger cause by hosting one of the three fundraisers mentioned above at a local establishment. Convince members to join by raffling off prizes or even team up with another school to make the event even more enjoyable. Restaurant Fundraiser: Team up with a local restaurant such as Chipotle or Souplantation in which a percentage of money raised during a specific time period will go towards funds for Pediatric Trauma Program. For non member customers, have a poster near the register outlining why the fundraiser is occurring - to raise money for Pediatric Trauma Program of course.
Sports/Games Tournament: Either after school, local recreation center, or online, host a tournament in which members pay to participate. During the break for the tournament, have members that are watching participate through a fun Pediatric Trauma Program trivia competition.
Contact Information Carolyn Le Kiwanis Family and Foundation Chair kiwins.dkfamilychair@gmail.com
Sena Ji
Grisel Meza
Crystal Lieutenant Governor
Ruby Lieutenant Governor
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Ashley Inocando
Erinn Lee
President of Foothill Technology KIWIN’S
Vice President of Orange County School of Arts KIWIN’S
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Mahmood Bashir Goldstone Regional Advisor mahmood.bashir77@gmail.com