Community Corner
Spotlight On: The 4th Annual Health & Safety Expo
Health and Safety are an integeral part of keeping students safe in the Pasadena community. For the past four years Chesapeake Bay Middle School has hosted a health and safety expo to raise awareness in the community.
This morning, Chesapeake Bay Middle School hosted its 4th annual Health and Safety Expo. The expo promoted good health tips for students and their families. Neighboring schools in the Chesapeake Cluster such as Bodkin Elementary School, Fort Smallwood, Jacobsville, Lakeshore, Pasadena Elementary School and Chesapeake High School partnered up with Chesapeake Bay Middle School in order to make the event a success.
Debi Konczos of the Chesapeake Bay Middle PTA organized the event and made sure that everyone in attendance felt special. Upon entry not only did she greet patrons, there was also a student dressed as Wonder Woman who happily welcomed everyone into the event. Konczos, an active PTA member, was the organizer of last week’s “Strides for Scholars” at Chesapeake High School.
“There are 8 schools that came together 7 cluster schools and one private all promoting health awareness,” said Konczos. "We've been doing this for the past four years just to raise awareness."
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Aside from students and representatives of the participating schools, many sponsors had tables at the event. From “Ident-A-Card” Safety Card to The Children’s Guild and a host of other companies, there were plenty of sponsors on hand to promote health and safety awareness.
The American Red Cross of Central Maryland had a table inside where they played a safety awareness game with willing participants and the American Red Cross Blood Services had a bright white and red truck stationed outside of the school for donations.
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As time moved on more and more parents and community members happily drifted into the warm and welcoming environment. While the event was informational, the participating sponsors made sure that everyone walked away from their table with great gift items ranging from pencils, to safety kits and a host of others. There was definitely something for everyone and those that came with little children could indulge in a bit of face painting and bowling.
The chorus’ of Chesapeake Bay Middle School and Pasadena Elementary School were also on deck to perform.
