Would you stop to help a teenager who is injured and bleeding due to a skateboarding accident? Of course you would! Or would you? Well, one Oakville mom took to an online discussion group to express disappointment with her community when no one stopped to help her injured 15 year old son. Known as the…
The City of Campbell River, British Columbia, has partnered with SOS 4 Kids to bring valuable safety programs to children in local communities. Beginning September 2017, the Department of Parks and Recreation will offer My Safe Life for children 7-9 years old and Home Alone Safety for Kids aged 9 – 12. We are thrilled…
The largest school board in Quebec, Commission Scolaire de Montreal, has made a controversial decision to allow students to bring foods that can cause serious allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis, for some kids. Foods such as peanut butter can pose a life-threatening risk for some children. The Board decision will affect children in approximately…
You’ve heard of the Home Alone course and you may be thinking of signing your tween up, but are these programs worthwhile and what do kids learn? Hopefully, I can provide information here that will help you make an informed decision about registering your child for one of these courses, and which one. There are…
Oakville-based SOS 4 Kids has developed a new program that equips children aged 7 – 10 with skills to prevent, to identify and to respond to potentially dangerous situations. My Safe Life – Personal Safety for Kids helps children recognize inappropriate behaviours, when to speak up and how to seek help if they feel uncomfortable…
More than 70% of 911 calls come from a cell phone nowadays and that number will continue to increase as more people give up their home phone lines. It is better to call from a landline, but there isn’t always one available. So what do you do if you don’t know or can’t remember the phone’s passcode?…
Approximately 525 Canadians will drown this year across the country according to the Red Cross. This fact is based on a Canadian Red Cross report regarding water-fatalities compiled over a 20 year period. The report found Canadians are not taking proper precautions to protect their families around backyard pools. Alarmingly, 11% of Canadians indicated they…
Three SOS 4 Kids instructors were recently certified by the Canadian Red Cross to provide Bullying Prevention Education workshops. Sue Perry, Velma Ganassini and Ally Turner-Sommer completed “Beyond the Hurt” training, a resource workshop of the RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention program. “Beyond the Hurt” enables youth and adults to educate peers on how to define,…
My name is William. I am 14 years old and have been living with Type 1 diabetes since I was 4 years old. Diabetes is a life threatening disease. Let me tell you about the disease and living life with it. There are three main types of diabetes; Type 1 diabetes where the pancreas produces…
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