Agency Details:

Soroptimist Safety Town

The mission of Soroptimist Int. of Santa Barbara is to improve the lives of women and children within the local community and throughout the world. The goal of the signature program, Safety Town, is to provide quality safety education to pre and post kindergarten children so that they can have a safe future.

Description:
For over thirty years, the Soroptimist organization has sponsored Safety Town. Originally starting at one location, it has grown to five different sites and expanded to eleven weeks during the summer, serving approx. 700 children a year. Safety Town is a 3 1/2 hr./day, one week program which introduces safety awareness in a fun, interactive, miniature town environment. Each day the students learn safety lessons and are visited by community professionals. they also get to drive pedal cars, sing, make arts and crafts, eat snack, and play games that reinforce the safety lessons.

Contact person: Anne Gould, (email)

Address:

P.O.Box 416 Santa Barbara, CA 93102

Web Site: http://www.sbsafetytown.org

Last updated on May 14, 2009