Bring the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to Your School.
Make March 18 a Healthy Schools Heroes Day. Help raise awareness of the urgent need for responsible
leadership to eliminate explosives and other hazards in today's schools
so "that schools will be safe and children will come home to their
families when their lessons are over." (Nine-year-old survivor Carolyn
Jones, in an appeal to the Texas legislature, March 25, 1937.)
1937 New London Texas School Explosion
Nominate a Healthy School Hero
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Be a Hero
Help make chemical safety part of your school's
curriculum and part of ongoing maintenance, operations, security audits
and safety plan.
1) Talk with parents, educators and
community leaders about making safety part of school culture. Ask: Is
there a chemical inventory? Is there a chemical hygiene plan? Is there
a chemical hygiene officer?
2) Create a universal zero tolerance policy for explosives in schools.
3)
Promote a sense of shared responsibility and accountability for
student, employee and visitor health and safety in all school areas and
activities
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Feed Your Heroic Imagination*
Every
year, to mark the anniversary of the March 18, 1937 Texas School
Explosion, Healthy Kids salutes Healthy Schools Heroes who demonstrate
extraordinary responsibility and inspirational leadership to protect
children and teachers from chemical hazards in schools.
Hero 2009 Ruth Breech
Heroes 2008
2007 Diane Etheir, Pomfret Center, CT
2006 Westborough MA Parent Kathy King and School committee member Bruce Tretter
The Heroes Workshop
Read the details of the programs offered for grades K-12 and youth groups, including Girl Scouts.
http://thejanuscenter.com/heroworkshop/index.htm
Giraffe Heroes Project
We're a national nonprofit that since 1984 has been moving people to stick their necks out for the common good and giving them tools to succeed.
http://www.giraffe.org
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Their leadership and courage make them true heroes and inspirations to us all. Each year, the Barron Prize selects ten winners nationwide. Half of the winners have focused on helping their communities and fellow beings; half have focused on protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. http://www.barronprize.org/
The My Hero Project
Celebrating the best of humanity.
http://myhero.com/myhero/
My Hero Project Global Exchange
To encourage global story telling that celebrates the best of humanity.
http://www.myhero.com/globalexchange/gx2/gx_about.asp
The Gift of Fear
By Gavin De Becker
Learn how to act on the safety signals to protect yourself from violence, abuse and the hazards and threats imposed by others. Although written for potential victims of stalking and violence, it is useful and empowering information for anyone who perceives a threat in a situation that others do not validate.
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* The social sciences have not answered many of the questions about why some people act heroically in certain situations, while other people do not. However, we believe that an important factor that may encourage heroic action is the stimulation of "The Heroic Imagination" -- the capacity to imagine facing physically or socially risky situations, to struggle with the hypothetical problems these situations generate, and to consider one's actions and the consequences (Franco & Zimbardo, 2007). By considering these issues in advance, the individual becomes more prepared to act when and if a moment that calls for heroism arises -- a moment to act when most others are passive. (Matt Landon, et al. Is Lei Feng (雷锋) Still a Modern Hero?: A Consideration of Heroic Action in the Context of Culture )
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