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Dear Readers,
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Thanks to a service grant from the Taproot Foundation, Kidpower has gone through a visual image branding process leading to a new look for our organization.
 The "seedburst" person logo inside an "organic O" designed especially for our organization represents the growth, energy, and joy of our work. Our new logo puts a strong focus on the word "power" because empowerment is the result of our program and method of teaching.
We are in the process of converting our website to reflect our new look and expect that we will need a few weeks to implement the changes fully. As we go through this conversion, please let us know if you have any difficulty in accessing any part of the website by emailing us at safety@kidpower.org.
We are continuing to add new resources to the website. Readers are now able to see back issues of our e-newsletters by going to the archive on our website. The topic of this month's new People Safety Podcast is Safety Tools for Safety Problems.
I hope you will enjoy our Halloween Safety article, and I invite you to send the PDF of this article to your schools, family, and friends.
Finally, if any of you have a business you'd like to promote, we need to raise $2,000 for printing our Annual Report, which will be distributed to 1,000 supporters and be on our website. Please email us for details.
With appreciation to each of you for your commitment to "People Safety" for yourself and your loved ones,
Irene van der Zande
Kidpower Executive Director/Co-Founder
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Halloween Safety ~ The Kidpower Way
A Grab Bag of Safety Treats and Tricks for Your Family!
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 For families that celebrate Halloween, this is a special holiday, full of fun and adventure. Most children love the excitement of dressing up in costumes, pretending to be something or someone different, going to places that are festive and decorated, and gathering treats with their adults. Halloween isn't like any other day, and all the wonderful things that make it special and exciting can also lead to problems that might be unpleasant or even dangerous. A little bit of planning ahead of time can make a huge difference in making sure that everybody has a great time.
Here are eight tips for enjoying Halloween safely - The Kidpower Way!
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Read more online
View printable version [PDF]
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Impact Teen Drivers
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Impact Teen Drivers is an organization dedicated to raising awareness in teens about the  dangers of being distracted while driving. According to this very informative website, car accidents are the leading cause of death among people aged 16 to 19. In the United States, of the 5,500 teens killed in accidents last year, 75% had nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. Text messaging, eating, applying makeup, and adjusting music are among the main killers. This website has great information for teens in a manner that is compelling and straightforward, as well as resources for adults. The vivid posters show that dramatic dangers like Piranhas, Ebola, Shotguns, and Poison are not as likely to be lethal in daily life as Lattes. The catchy tips and probability wheel create a highly interactive way of communicating about this issue. Remembering to stay focused while driving is essential for ANY driver, regardless of age. Recently near Los Angeles, an engineer of a freight train ran a red signal and crashed into a passenger train, just 22 seconds after sending a text message. This tragic accident killed 25 people and injured over 100 more. |
Kidpower Featured on Talk Show
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 The San Francisco ABC TV show "View From The Bay" welcomed Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande for a short interview about bullying. The show was live, and this five-minute spot is quite entertaining!
CLICK HERE to get to the site and click "Play" to see the segment.
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
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 MANY THANKS to our hundreds of donors and volunteers. Your generosity is making a big difference in our ability to help others.
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THANKS to the Corporate, Foundation, Service Club, and Government
Partners of our Central Office: Albany Lions, Allstate Foundation,
Applied Materials, Atkinson Foundation, Bank of the West, Bay Federal Savings, Bayer
Foundation, Big Sky Creative, Blue Shield of California Foundation,
California Casualty, California Endowment, Canadian International Development Agency, Castro
Valley Rotary, Center for Spiritual Living, Citigroup Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation, Santa Cruz Commission for the Prevention of Violence
Against Women, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, Community Printers of Santa Cruz, David and
Lucile Packard Foundation, The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation, DeAnza Lions, Deluxe Corporation Foundation,
Driscoll's Charitable Fund, East Bay Community Foundation, Ecolab,
Ephraim Foundation, Finish Line Youth Foundation,the June and Julian Foss Foundation, Freedom Rotary, Fremont Bank, Gayle's Bakery and
Rosticerria, Giant Steps Foundation, Google, the Health Trust, Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi
Data Systems, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., Hitachi
Foundation, Insurance Industry Charitable
Foundation, In-N-Out Burger Foundation, JM Long Foundation, Kaiser Permanente,
Jean and Ed Kelly Foundation, Lowell Berry Foundation, Lucile Packard
Foundation for Children's Health, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Mechanics Bank,
Mervyn's, Office Depot Foundation, Omega Nu, Palo Alto Community Fund, Pantheon, Peninsula Community Foundation, Plantronics, Porter
Sesnon Foundation, Arnie Kamrin of PPi Technologies Global, Radio
Shack, Rite Aid Foundation, Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation, Russell
Investment Group, Safeway, San Lorenzo Valley Rotary, San Francisco Foundation,
Santa Cruz Medical Clinic, Scotts Valley Lions, Scotts Valley Rotary,
Seagate, Sharpdots.com, Silicon Valley Community
Foundation, SmithMicro, Sonora Area Foundation, Staples
Foundation for Learning, Special Hope Foundation, Taproot Foundation, Target Stores, Tides Foundation, Tuolumne
County First 5 Commission, TRIO Foundation, Union Bank of California, Union City Lions,
Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, Verizon, Vodafone, Wal-Mart, Waste
Management, Wells Fargo Foundation, West Marine, Western Digital, and the Y. & H.
Soda Foundation.
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