We Can Help Your Kids Learn Safety
Parks, Greenways & Recreation
Parks NewsAdministrative
Office
59 Woodfin Place
Asheville, NC 28801
Kids Can Learn Safety!
Hominy Valley Pool -
July 29
Did you know that accidental
injury is the number one
killer of children age 14
and under, yet 90% of
accidental injuries can be
prevented? Experts say the
months between May and
August are the most
dangerous for children
more than half of all
injuries occur during these
four months. Help reduce the
danger to your kids by
bringing them out to your
local pool to learn how to
be safe.
Safe Kids Summer Events at
Buncombe County Pools
highlight child safety by
providing information about
ways to prevent injuries.
Topics will include:
"safety in and around
vehicles
"bicycle and pedestrian
safety
"fire and burn prevention
"water safetyR>
"home safety
"poison prevention
"ATV safety
And You Can Get a FREE Kid
ID
The Buncombe County
Sheriffs Department will be
making Kid IDs. The ID
consists of the following
information:
"Name
"Date of Birth (DOB)
"Race/Gender
"Hair and Eye color
"Height
"Weight
"Dental Information (If
provided)
"Parent/Guardian - name,
address and phone number
A digital photograph and
thumbprints will be taken.
All of the information will
be printed out on an 8.5" x
11" sheet of paper and
provided to the parent. No
other copy exists, so
parents should make sure to
store the ID in a safe
place. Please fill out the
Kid ID permission form
attached below and bring it
with you, or send it with
your child.
See the Fire Engines or Make
Some Art
Kids can meet firemen and
see the equipment they use
or participate in planned
art projects. Bring the
entire family for an
afternoon of safety,
swimming and fun!
Safe Kids Summer Schedule
Noon - 3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 29, 2010
Hominy Valley Pool
Twenty Local Health Departments To Receive Funding
RALEIGH The N.C. Division
of Public Health has
announced the recipients of
the Eat Smart, Move More NC
(ESMM NC) Community Grants
Program. Twenty health
departments and their
partner agencies will use a
total of $300,000 in funding
to implement programs to get
and keep at-risk adolescents
ages 9-14 moving more and
sitting less.
North Carolina ranks 14th in
the nation in overweight and
obese adolescents; the
highest numbers are among
African American girls and
Hispanic boys. The
percentage of children and
adults who are overweight or
obese rises each year.
Despite advances in
medicine, the current
generation of children may
be the first to live shorter
lives than their parents,
said Dr. Jeff Engel, state
health director. We are
committed to doing
everything we can to reverse
that trend.
For the first time, the ESMM
NC community grants are
being awarded for a two-year
cycle to study the impact
the grants are having in the
communities that receive
them. The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation awarded
funding in the fall of 2009
to the DPH Physical Activity
and Nutrition Branch to work
with East Carolina
Universitys Department of
Public Health in evaluating
the program.
The ESMM NC Community Grants
Program will consist of 20
separate community
interventions (10 in 2010-11
and 10 more in 2011-2012)
that target increasing
physical activity and/or
decreasing sedentary
behaviors in disadvantaged
youth. Funded projects will
build upon existing
effective programs or will
try new approaches to get
youth away from computers
and television sets and into
their neighborhoods or
school yards to play. The
projects receiving grants
must be sustainable after
the funding has ended.
The following county or
district health departments
were selected to receive the
grants in 2010-2011:
Appalachian Health District
(Ashe County), Beaufort,
Buncombe, Clay, Cleveland,
New Hanover, Orange, Stokes,
Surry and Yadkin.
In 2011-2012, funding will
go to: Albemarle Health
District (Currituck and
Gates counties), Appalachian
Health District (Alleghany
County), Burke, Chatham,
Gaston, Guilford, Henderson,
Montgomery, Pitt and Sampson
counties.
Programs range from engaging
kids in fun after-school
exercise programs in Ashe,
Cleveland, and Orange
counties, to building or
refurbishing walking trails
at or near schools in
Beaufort, Henderson,
Montgomery and Yadkin
counties. Programs will
engage students and staff in
walking challenges or clubs
in Currituck and Gates
counties. Buncombe County
will promote walking and
biking to school and teach
bicycle safety. And in Clay
County, program planners are
organizing a mountain biking
skills training and exercise
program. Complete
descriptions of each funded
project can be found at
www.EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com.
The ESMM NC community grants
support the Eat Smart, Move
More NC movement and Eat
Smart, Move More: North
Carolinas Plan to Prevent
Overweight, Obesity and
Related Chronic Diseases,
the states obesity
prevention plan. This plan
emphasizes strategies that
make healthier eating and
increased physical activity
easier to achieve by, for
example, adding walking
paths in neighborhoods or
around schools, or changing
what foods a school can
serve both at lunch and for
after-school snacks. Eat
Smart, Move More North
Carolina strives to reverse
this trend by making the
healthy choice the easy
choice.
Making our schools and
after-school programs, our
neighborhoods, and our
places of worship supportive
of healthy eating and active
lifestyles is important so
that kids learn these habits
early and carry them into
adulthood, Engel said. It
also means each generation
of kids gain the benefit of
these more sustainable
changes to our
communities.
Eat Smart, Move More North
Carolina is a statewide
movement that promotes
increased opportunities for
healthy eating and physical
activity wherever people
live, learn, earn, play and
pray. The movement is led by
a coalition of more than 60
organizations. For more
information on the Eat
Smart, Move More NC movement
or to find out how your
community can promote
healthful eating and
physical activity, visit
www.EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com
on the Web.
North Carolina's Tax Free
G.S. 105-164.13C provides
for a sales tax holiday on
certain types of personal
property sold between 12:01
A.M. on the first Friday in
August and 11:59 P.M. the
following Sunday.
Weekend: Aug. 6-8, 2010
Applies to:
"Clothing, footwear, and
school supplies under $100
"Sports and recreation
equipment under $50
"Computers under $3,500
"Computer equipment under
$250
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