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Contact: Hope Newkirk
Phone: 336-373-3689
Applications Being Accepted for GPD's Safety Town Program
GREENSBORO, NC -- (March 24, 2010) -- Applications are now being accepted for this summer's Safety Town, a community service program sponsored by the Greensboro Police Department, Nat Greene Kiwanis Club of Greensboro, and other local civic and business organizations.
Safety Town is a free, two-hour a day, two-week program for five- and six-year-olds that teaches safety lessons involving traffic, pedestrians, bicycles, bus, fire, strangers, poisons, water, and guns.
This year's Safety Town schedule is as follows:
Session 1: June 21 - July 2, 9-11 am -- FULL
Session 2: June 21 - July 2, 1-3 pm
Session 3: July 19 - July 30, 9-11 am
Session 4: July 19 - July 30, 1-3 pm
Session 5: August 2 - August 13, 9-11 am
Session 6: August 2 - August 13, 1-3 pm
Download an program application at www.greensboro-nc.gov/SafetyTown. For more information, call Corp. Robyn McDonald at 336-373-2037.
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The City works with the community to improve the quality of life for residents through inclusion, diversity, and trust. As the seventh largest employer in Greensboro, the City has a professional staff of 2,800 employees who maintain the values of honesty, integrity, stewardship, and respect. The City is governed by a council-manager form of government with a mayor and eight council members. For more information on the City, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov or call 373-CITY (2489).
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