American Red Cross Greenwich Safety Town Program Registration Opens

Safety Town is a comprehensive one-week safety education program offered every summer that teaches awareness and accident prevention skills to Greenwich children entering kindergarten in the fall.

Under guidance of classroom teachers, police officers, firefighters, EMS and other community helpers, children learn in an indoor classroom setting as well as on a specially designed kid-sized “Safety Town” layout.

Children are fitted with their own bike safety helmet that they use for the week, and then take home to keep. They ride pedal cars, walk and “shop” through the town complete with buildings, crosswalks, sidewalks, and street markings. They also tour an ambulance, fire truck and school bus.

Daily lessons are followed up with take-home handouts and additional reference information for parents and caregivers. At the end of each week of training, the graduates will receive a Safety Town diploma.

Four weekly sessions will be held at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center at 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich, from June 8 through June 19. Morning sessions run 9 to 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon session from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

Registration begins Tuesday, Feb. 3.

For more information on questions, email or call Mary Jones at maryjones2@redcross.org or by phone 203-869-8444, ext. 145.

Download the PDF application here: SafetyTown Application PDF