KNOW Project Street Safety

KNOW STREET SAFETY™

As our children venture forth on foot, by bike or in a car, the KNOW Street Safety workshop ensures that they have the critical safety knowledge to enhance their ability to employ street safety habits each day. Street safety is an essential skill to every young person in America. The obtainment of the knowledge that must be employed to maintain safety with every mode of transport and the skills each child should employ to use the correct safety devices provided to help them on their quest for street safety enable our young people to integrate safety habits that will last a lifetime.

The KNOW Street Safety Workshop provides each child with the education, knowledge and skills that they will implement to minimize potential dangers when they travel away from the home and the best practices that they should employ to maximize the effect of street safety tools. The obtainment and implementation of these practices has been proven to reduce the most common and serious injuries that occur in relationship to transportation dangers.

The KNOW Street Safety Workshop takes a positive approach to accident and injury prevention by isolating the most common causes of vehicle related accidents and educating each child the safety practices that they can employ and safety tools that they can use to minimize the occurrence and effects of these accidents. The single most effective factor in the prevention of street related accidents and injuries is to education and KNOW delivers this necessary education through the interactive workshop components that empower every child to form situational habits, use safety promoting tools and employ street safety practices that minimize potential safety risks.

KNOW STREET SAFETY OBJECTIVES

PROMOTING EQUALITY

· reduce safety disparities among economic and geographic sub-sections

· reduce the number of deaths and series outcomes from unintentional injuries

· reduce safety disparities resulting from lack of parental oversight or intervention

KNOWLEDGE

· promote healthy, safe places to play

· reduce death and serious injury caused by motor vehicle crashes

· reduce death and serious injury caused by pedestrian related accidents providing every child with the knowledge and tools necessary to enable them to integrate street skills into their lives

· enabling each child to become an active participant in the prevention of street related accidents and injuries by ensuring that each child KNOWS the preventative actions that they can take to help maintain their safety when traveling outside of the home

· ensuring that each child has a comprehensive understanding of the safety tools that exist and presenting the proper use of each critical tool in a manner that actively engages the interest of every child

· promoting the skills necessary to ensure that safe practices are employed when a child travels outside the home whether on foot, by bike or in a car

· ensure each child has an understanding of common road related matters including signs, signals, railroad, and crosswalk use

TOOLS

· provide each child with the tools they need to implement safety best practices

· ensure access of every child to the safety components that will assist in minimizing the occurrence and severity of pedestrian and vehicle related incidents

COMMUNITY

· reaffirming the commitment of every portion of our community to ensuring each child develops lifetime habits that enable them to KNOW how to grow stronger and safer each day

· facilitate a relationship between our youth and community protective partners increasing the likelihood that corrective safety practices will be followed and assistance will be sought if necessary

Non-profit organizations, schools or teachers wishing to request the KNOW STREET SAFETY WORKSHOP for use at your event should please email know@knowproject.org to discuss sponsorship commitments in your area.

To order KNOW STREET SAFETY WORKSHOP components for at-home or small-group use, please visit our Order Page.

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YOU CAN HELP A CHILD KNOW!

The KNOW Project is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) charitable organization so all donations are tax-deductible.

The current administrative expenses of the KNOW Project total less than 2% of our sponsorship commitments so your donation can have a dramatic impact on the life of a child! Help a child KNOW today with your tax-deductible donation.