Hinsdale to Hold Safety Village Registration

HINSDALE, IL- Hinsdale's Safety Village will soon start registration for its 36th year.

According to a release from the village, Safety Village is a program that teaches good safety practices to children. All children living in Hinsdale or Clarendon Hills and/or in school District 181, and entering kindergarten or first grade in the fall can register for the program.

The Safety Village was donated by the Katie Satkamp Memorial Foundation to the children of Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, after a fatal school bus accident of the 7-year-old girl.

Registration forms will be available on Wednesday, April 26, at the Hinsdale Police Department and online at www.villageofhinsdale.org. Applicants must mail the form with a long self addressed stamped business envelope and a check made out to Safety Village with the signature of the child’s own parent or the form will not be accepted.

Safety Village is a miniature town with 16 small buildings including a police and fire station, memorial building, school, church, burger stand, ice cream parlor, library, hospital and others. There is a real working railroad crossing, lots of familiar signs and four working traffic lights all built to the scale of a small child, the village said.

Children can drive toy cars throughout the village as they practice the safety rules for motorists, bicycles and pedestrians. Lessons in fire, strangers, railroad, toy, playground and water are taught with the aid of songs, stories, robots, puppets, movies, crafts, live play characters as well as teachers, police and fire personnel.

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