SPECIAL PROJECTS
For more information about these projects, please contact me: healthykids@rcn.com
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| The cenotaph |
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| Lessons of the March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion
Bring
the Lessons of the 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.)
Nominations Sought for Healthy Schools Hero 2010.
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| Blackboard from the rubble of the Explosion |
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| Healthy Schools Heroes 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. The 2008 Award goes to a TEAM of five people who
demonstrate how state and federal agencies can take leadership for
school safety. They are heroes for their
collective sense of responsibility, inspirational leadership, and
exemplary persistence and courage that has protected thousands of
children from laboratory chemicals and other hazards and unhealthy
school conditions." wrote Randy Brown, of the US EPA, Region 8 (8P-TA),
Tribal Assistance Program, Denver, CO.
Matthew Langenfeld, USEPA, Region 8, School Chemical Cleanout Coordinator
Allyson Kelley, Rocky Mountain College American Indian Affairs, Project Director
Brian Spangler & Bonnie Rouse, Montana Dept of Env Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Bruce Hayes, Facilities and School Safety Consultant Wyoming Department of Education
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| Rachel Carson |
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| Creating a Culture of Sentinel Lions
Parents,
educators, and health professionals owe it to children to eliminate
environmental hazards that are a source of preventable illness and
disability. Promoting the legacy of Rachel Carson...
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| Stop rBGH in school dairy products |
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| Massachusetts Know Your Milk Campaign
Goals:
to educate the public about the health risks of rBGH, to urge producers
to label dairy products, and to urge schools, hospitals, and other
institutions to eliminate rBGH from the dairy products they serve.
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