Kiwanis
Club of Rockland, ME
ROCKLAND KIWANIS -
2011
FAMILY SAFETY FESTIVAL - June 4th
at the Thomaston Grammar School
from 9am to 11am.
This Years
Lead Sponsors -
FMC
&
The
Accounting firm of
Norton and Masters
Business Friends and Volunteers -
Boys Scout Troop 214 of Thomaston,
BikesenJava,
Courier Gazette, EL Spears,
Free Press,
George C. Hall and Sons,
J&B Printers,
Kiwanis International,
Knox County EMS, Knox County Humane Society, Life Flight
Helicopter, Maine-Oxy/Acetylene, Maine Sport Bikes / Outfitters, Midcoast
Internet Solutions, Rockland Car Wash &
Texaco Lube, Rockland Dairy Queen, Rockland District Middle School (Kiwanis) Builders Club,
Rockland High School Key (Kiwanis) Club, Samoset
Resort, Thomaston Georges Valley High School Key Club, and
Village Soup.
The radio spots were donated by WBACH, Frank FM, WMCM, WRKD and WCME.
Summary:
The focus of this event is towards children from pre-kindergarten to pre or
early teens and Bike safety.
Our Bike Rodeo is usually a bicycle safety clinic featuring bike safety
inspections (and optionally quick tune-ups), and a safety lecture about the
rules of the road. This is followed by a ride on a miniature "chalk street"
course
set up in a parking lot where young cyclists are shown where and how to
apply the rules. Other activities include Helmet fitting, prizes and
drawings, and in some cases commercial activities such as booths set up by
bike shops etc. The main focus of a bike rodeo is Cycling Safety for young
cyclists, age’s kindergarten to 14 or so. The age group that bike rodeos try
to reach is those who are just beginning to use bikes to ride around the
neighborhood in quiet residential areas up through the early teenage years
where the bicycle serves as the principal means of transportation around
town.
The Rodeo participants (kids) also
get a free hot dog, soda, chips, a toy, and a chance for one of the
two bikes being given away. It’s great fun for all both kids and
volunteers.
Thank you, Greg Hamlin, Chair
Anyone wishing to volunteer please
contact Barbara Hanson at 594-2212 (h),
(207) 230-2048 (w),
or email -
bhanson@camdennational.com
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