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Salute to Home Safety Excellence Award Program Ideas for Home Improvement Suppliers Following are program idea starters for promoting home safety. The ideas are categorized into two sections: internal corporate programs and external community based programs. Internal Programs Safety and Wellness Fairs Develop a safety and wellness fair for employees to educate them on key home safety issues, including:
Include an evaluation tool to measure the impact of the safety fair on your employees. Perhaps they could conduct a home safety evaluation of their own homes and report the findings back to the company. Based on the findings from the evaluation, employees could be targeted for additional support by providing them with products that would increase the level of safety in their homes, such as a working smoke alarm, fire extinguisher, deadbolt locks, child safety gate, etc. Home Safety Council can provide brochures and checklists for employees while supplies last. Invite local safety-related organizations or agencies to exhibit at the safety fair (e.g. American Red Cross, local fire department). At-Home Family Education Programs Work with a local safety organization to develop home safety education programs for both parents and children. Together, the safety organization along with your company would choose a home safety area of concern to address and combat with your employees. Potential educational elements could include brochures, Web-based educational seminar programs or instructional videos. Again, you may want to develop an evaluation tool to document the use of the educational elements you supply to your employees. Potential areas of focus include:
Employee Gift Basket Program Develop an employee home safety education and gift program centered on monthly or quarterly home safety luncheon meetings. Invite a home safety expert to discuss a particular home safety issue and important safety tips during the lunches. Each employee attending the seminar could receive a home safety gift related to the topic of discussion or become eligible for a drawing of a home safety gift basket. For example, during a fire safety discussion presented by the local fire department, the company provides smoke alarms to all employees in attendance or gives away one gift basket that includes smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, a fire extinguisher and an emergency escape ladder. The goals of the project are to provide employees with products that will increase the level of safety in their homes as well as teach them the importance of the products and how to use them. Educating employees about home safety is as important as the products that make their homes safer. Disaster Prevention and Recovery Program Choose a natural disaster that affects your company's region with frequency and develop an employee education and preparedness program. Partner with your local American Red Cross chapter or International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) to develop the program. For example, the Red Cross regularly conducts hurricane preparedness seminars. Partner with the Red Cross to conduct education seminars for employees in the workplace. A portion of the initiative could also be devoted to the recovery process. One idea may be to build a support network for employees in case a disaster does strike. Or, develop a program that supports employees by helping them find shelter, reporting losses to federal and corporate agencies and recovering emotionally after a major disaster. New Parent Expo Contact your local hospital's pediatrics department to develop an educational program for new parents. You could host an initial home safety education program for new parents to teach them how to childproof their homes. Provide the new parents with safety kits that include cabinet locks, outlet plugs, bathtub slip guards and safety gates. Additional elements of the program could include educating the parents of future steps needed to maintain the level of safety in their home, such as:
External Programs Child/Senior Home Safety Kits Work in conjunction with area hospitals, foster care facilities and/or orphanages to distribute childproofing kits and child safety information. Items to include: smoke alarms, batteries, carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers, cabinet locks, nightlights and outlet plugs, as well as information on who to call in case of an emergency. For a senior focused initiative, modify the kits with additional items such as bathtub grab bars and non-skid tape for stairs. Again, the goal of the project is not only to provide homeowners with products that will increase the level of safety in their home, but also to teach them the need for the products and how to use them. The educational element of the project is as important as the installation. Fire Prevention Partner with your local fire department to develop a fire prevention program within your community. Work with the local fire department as a team to canvas your neighborhood and install smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in needy homes. Work with the fire department to instruct recipients of the fire safety equipment of the proper installation techniques and maintenance of the equipment. Do-it-Yourself Home Safety Partner with your local Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, garden clubs, children's clubs (e.g. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, etc.) to teach safety lessons for all types of DIY projects. For example, a vendor could make safety lessons a priority in product demonstrations at Lowe's stores by providing safety tips and quizzing the audience on safety lessons after each demonstration. Another idea would be to work with garden clubs to educate members on proper use of garden tools, storage of fertilizers and poisons, proper attire and protective equipment. |
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