Shade4Schools Fundraising program has been featured in this month’s Education Grants Alert newsletter. Education Grants Alert is a weekly report on funding opportunities for K-12 programs, and is circulated to all schools in the country.
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The full page article showcased various fundraising ideas, using the product as a creative twist to traditional fundraising, and encourages schools to use different tools to canvass more parental and student support. Shade4Schools is highlighted in the article, with a view of educating PTA/PTO’s on the concept of raising funds through donation based programs. The structure of the fundraiser allows for shorter timelines and no investment at the outset. Other fundraising ideas in the article discussed using the cookie dough concept by introducing a healthier cookie alternative, which would also garner more support from parent bodies. For more information on fundraising ideas contact info@shade4schools.com.
In May this year, Wisconsin launched a state wide effort to make their state a “SunWise State”. More than 400 health educators received the SunWise Tool Kit with lessons plans and activities to learn about sun safety. Elizabether Burmaster the State Superintendent stated that they were excited about becoming a SunWise state because the program is fun and interactive teaches children and their families to protect themselves from harmful uv radiation, even on cloudy days. Children need physical activities to remain healthy and need to be outdoors. Schools can use shade structures to protect children while at play, visit www.shade4schools.com to learn how your school may be SunWise by integrating sunwise education into your curricula and access shade structures to protect children from uv rays of the sun.
Schools are encouraged to use The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SunWise program to teach children about sun safety. With over 20,000 educators registered to use this program it is the most widely-used health education program in the United States. For more information about SunWise, visit www.epa.gov/sunwise.
This has been one strange summer! Who would have thought that all the recent rains would contribute to a freak accident of decompising wood chips to ignite from the hot sun, resulting in a playground fire. On the 14th August, 2007, a surveillance video caught on tape a playground erupting in flames at Anderson Elementary School. Within seconds the playground equipment caught alight from the high temperatures and the equipment melted down. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/08/14/thomas.tx.playground.combust.ktxa Fortunately, there were no children on the playground or nearby. Extra protection needs to be given to ensure that playgrounds are made as safe as possible to reduce any hazards around the area. Shade structures are not only useful for protecting children while at play outdoors, but are also one sure way of reducing heat to playground equipment. See www.shade4schools.com to learn more about this product. The shade structure tops are made from uv stabilized polyethelene which ‘breathes’ allowing hot air to escape creating a cool cushion, (15-20 degrees cooler than conventional steel roof which actually traps heat). Due to the multiple benefits of shade structures it is imperative that communities insist on shade structures to increase playground safety for their children today.
