Child Safety News - Missouri Governor's Column: School Bus Safety (Kansas City InfoZine) By

Missouri Governor's Column: School Bus Safety (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Governor Matt Blunt - This week we celebrate National School Bus Safety Week. In Missouri over a half million children ride on a school bus each day. We must ensure that the journey to and from school is as safe as it possibly can be.

Halloween safety benefits children and their parents (Star-Gazette)
Would it not be wonderful if all the children, in all the towns and cities across the nation, could enjoy a fun and safe night of trick-or-treating? The parents could walk with their children while they collect their goodies. The older children could walk with other groups of children their age.

Firefighters instruct children on safety (Leavenworth Times)
They're not professional teachers, but they logged a lot of hours with school children last week. Local firefighters visited schools and daycare centers during Fire Prevention Week.

Report: Most car crashes involving children occur close to home (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. A new report finds that 80 percent of car crashes involving children occur within 20 minutes of home. Many of the accidents happen during short drives to school or the grocery store in which parents fail to use child safety seats.

OSHP marks School Bus Safety Week (The Ironton Tribune)
SOUTH POINT - As part of National School Bus Safety Week, the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Ironton Post reminds children and motorists Flashing Red Means Stop Ahead.

CAW makes massive donation to safety village (Chatham This Week)
It took four years for Rick Kitchen to help raise $100,000 for the Chatham-Kent Children s Safety Village, but it was well worth the wait for the CAW Local 127 vice president.

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