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We are coming to the end of another busy year at Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities/Safety City.

Safe Communities provided farm safety education to 423 children during our 2018 spring school program season. Additionally, 383 children learned about pedestrian safety, and 321 children were taught about fire and emergency safety through programs offered to local area schools.

This was our third year offering Safety City Summer Tuesday events. Emergencies Day was well attended with 150 participants taking part in activities presented by EMS, RCMP, City and County Enforcement Services, and City of Grande Prairie Fire Department . Some activities included street smarts trivia, ambulance, police car and fire truck tours, and escapes from the fire safety smoke simulation trailer. We also held two bicycle safety days, one pedestrian safety day, and one back to school safety day during our summer event season.

The New & Young Driver program was delivered to grade 10 students from Beaverlodge Regional High School in September. Thanks to all of our partners and Constable Dean Solowan of the CN Police Service for help in delivering this program that addressed the dangers of distracted and impaired driving, as well as rail safety.

Safety City Halloween was held on October 27. It was a great success with over 600 children and 400 adults in attendance. After trick or treating, learning about Halloween safety, craft making and a visit to the Mad Scientist’s Lab in Safety City; families enjoyed hot chocolate, music and dancing. It was a fantastic event and fun for all ages. Thank you to all of the sponsors and volunteers that made this event shine.

The Board thanks it’s Acting Executive Director, Cindy Blinston, and Jamie Rude, Program Coordinator, for all of their hard work to make this year a success. A huge thank you to all of our volunteers, partners, and City and County Protective Services who have given many hours of their time to support our safety programs, initiatives and fundraising efforts.

I look forward to working with our board and partners in 2019. Together, we can promote a culture of safety for Grande Prairie and area.

In This Issue…… Chair Report … 1

Year in Review … 2 - 7

Appreciation … 8 - 9

Board of Directors ... 10

Mission Statement … 10

Get involved … 10

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Annual Report 2018 Issued: November 27, 2018

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Cindy Blinston - Acting Executive Director Jamie Rude - Program Coordinator

Donna Kulba Board Chair

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Annual Report – Year in Review December 2017

Delivered one session of the Home Alone Safety program

Participated in the annual Candy Cane Campaign to remind drivers to stay sober and drive safely this holiday season.

Donation received from Alliance Pipeline for programs in 2018. Thank you Alliance Pipeline!

January 2018 Welcomed Jamie Rude to our team.

Delivered three sessions of the Home Alone Safety program. 17 sessions planned for delivery in 2018.

Celebrated 15 years as members of the Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce.

Fundraised by selling tickets for the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Dream Home Lottery. Thank you Rotary Club of Grande Prairie for the opportunity to raise funds with your support.

Fundraised by working bingo. Committed to one bingo a month for 2018 as a fundraising effort. Thank you to the Grande Bingo Society for the opportunity to fundraise and your support.

Tim Hortons Allard Group continues support of a Tim Hortons kiosk in Safety City. Thank you for supporting safety programs in our area!

Began promoting rail safety on social media. #CrossSAFE. This will be one of our social media focus topics for the 2018 year.

February 2018

Delivered one session of the Home Alone Safety program.

Awarded grant from City of Grande Prairie Family and Child Support Services for the Home Alone Program.

Awarded Grant from Alberta Occupational Health and Safety for development of a Young Farm Workers program.

Awarded Grant from City of Grande Prairie for operational capacity.

Fundraised by working bingo.

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Annual Report – Year in Review March 2018

Delivered one session of the Home Alone Safety program.

Received a donation from Canadian Society of Safety Engineering. Thank you for your support!

Promoted the New and Young Driver Road Ready program at the Teachers Convention.

Delivered safety programming for a group of Beaver Scouts who visited Safety City.

Registrations for spring sessions of school programming open.

City of Grande Prairie continued support of Safety City through sponsorship of the City Hall kiosk. Thank you for your support of our efforts!

Fundraised by working bingo.

April 2018 Hosted the Crime Prevention, Cultural Integration Academy - Spring Youth Camp, to provide

programming on Internet and cell phone safety and discuss the dangers of impairment and distraction while operating a motor vehicle. We thank the Grande Prairie RCMP for partnering with us to provide this programming.

Delivered two sessions of the Home Alone Safety program.

Construction of new Grande Prairie Regional College kiosk begins in Safety City.

New pedal cars arrived at Safety City to be used for the Street Smarts program. We would like to send a huge thank you to Frank Boyd who volunteered many hours to assemble the new pedal cars and repair the golf carts.

Hosted Spring Clean-up event to prepare Safety City for spring programming. Royal Bank of Canada generously provided volunteers and gifted us $1000 to assist us with our mission. They worked hard and left Safety City sparkling! Thank you to everyone at Royal bank of Canada!

Hosted Day of Mourning event on April 27, 2018 in honor of those who have lost their lives while in the workplace. Thanks to CSSE, GPRSC, CUPE 787, City of Grande Prairie and all of the people who took the time to attend for supporting this ceremony and understanding the importance of working to reduce these incidents of injury and fatalities in the workplace.

Fundraised by selling tickets for the Swan City Rotary Cash and Camping Lottery. Thank you Swan City Rotary for the fundraising opportunity and for your support!

Fundraised by working bingo.

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Annual Report – Year in Review May 2018

Delivered one session of the Home Alone Safety program.

School programming begins; features Street Smarts (Pedestrian safety), Machines, Mammals and Mud (ATV, Dugout and Animal Safety), Smoke & Sirens (fire and emergency safety), and Barnyards and Boots (ATV, Dugout, Animal, Chemical, Grain, and Sun safety options) Enhanced rail safety information in the Street Smarts programs as part of our #CrossSAFE project. 744 children attended programming at Safety City in May and June.

Added new rail safety stencils to the sidewalk in Safety City. Look, Listen and Live! Thank you Constable Dean Solowan of the CN Police Service for the application of these to our sidewalks to help us teach rail safety to our community.

Assisted with the Alberta Health Services P.A.R.T.Y. program by helping with delivery of program components.

Assisted with the AMA Safety Patrollers year end celebration.

Fundraised by working bingo.

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School Programming Continues.

Delivered Home Alone Safety Program. Offered twice in June.

Participated in Municipal Government Day.

Promoted Concussion Awareness on social media for Safe kids Week.

Cindy and Jamie successfully completed a car seat technicians course and are now certified car seat techs through Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada.

Held Volunteer Appreciation Day on June 23 to thank all of our volunteers who have helped us with fundraising and other activities during the past year. Attendees enjoyed lunch and family friendly activities along with our sincere thanks and appreciation.

Awarded a grant from County of Grande Prairie No. 1 for operational capacity.

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Annual Report – Year in Review

Jul y 2 018

Provided three hours of safety programming to Champion Gym Summer Adventure Camp four times in July.

Delivered two full days of summer camp programming for Crime Prevention – Cultural Integration Academy.

Held Safety City Summer Events three times in July. These were open to the public, different weekly safety focus with safety lessons. July 6 was Bicycle Safety Day (Bike Rodeo), July 10 was Emergencies Day, July 24 - #CrossSAFE Day (pedestrian safety). Over 200 people attended Safety City events in July. Thank you to Ernie's Sports Experts, Function First Pediatrics, Alberta Health services, RCMP, City of Grande Prairie Fire Department, AHS EMS, and City of Grande Prairie Enforcement Services for your help in delivering safety education during these events.

Delivered two sessions of the Home Alone Safety Program.

Delivered two sessions of Pedal Pushers Bicycle Safety program (6 hour program for children aged 5 – 9 years old)

Delivered safety programming on water safety to a mom and tot group that booked a visit to Safety City.

August 2018

Provided Summer Camp programming to Champion Gym (3 hours) one time in August.

One full day of Summer Camp programming Provided to Crime Prevention – Cultural integration Academy.

Held Safety City Summer events twice in August. August 7 - Bicycle Safety Day (Bike Rodeo), August 21 - Back to School Safety Day. 57 people attended Safety City Summer events in August. Thank you to Ernie's Sports Experts, Nitehawk Adventure Park, Function First Pediatrics, Alberta Health services, First Student and City of Grande Prairie Enforcement Services for your help in delivering safety education during these events.

Delivered Home Alone Safety Program twice.

Delivered two sessions of Pedal Pushers Bicycle Safety program (6 hour program for children aged 5 – 9 years old)

Our new Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada (CPSAC) certified techs, in partnership with Grande Prairie Parent Link Centre and CPSAC techs from their staff hosted and delivered a free car seat clinic to the public.

Attended the Horse Lake Teddy Bear Fair to promote the use of helmets for bicycle safety. We fitted and handed out 7 bicycle helmets to children and toddlers in need of a helmet for safe cycling.

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Annual Report – Year in Review September 2018

Delivered one session of the Home Alone Safety Program.

Delivered two presentations on the dangers of impairment and distraction while operating a motor vehicle to staff at Costco as part of their Safety Week activities.

Delivered New and young Driver Road Ready program to grade 10 students from Beaverlodge Regional high School. Students learned about rail safety and explored the negative impact that distraction and impairment has the ability to operate a motor vehicle and the danger that this creates. Thank you to who helped make this program possible. Thank you also to Alliance Pipeline for the funding that made this program possible in 2018.

Promoted Rail Safety Week heavily on social media. (September 23 - 29, 2018) #CrossSAFE

Hosted First Responders Rail Safety training session as part of Rail Safety Week. The course was taught by Constable Dean Solowan, CN Police Service.

Rail and Traffic Safety Day was on September 29. 82 people attended the event. Activities included a visit with Little Obie, a scale CN train that helps promote rail safety, interaction with CN Police to learn about rail safety tips, pedestrian safety, hands on evidence based activities showing the effects of impairment and distraction on our abilities to function and education on the dangers these deficits create for operating a vehicle as well as coloring and safety scavenger hunts. Thank you to RCMP, City of Grande Prairie Enforcement Services, County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Regional Enforcement Services, Alberta Health Services, Constable Dean Solowan, CN Police Service, CN Rail and all of the volunteers who worked to make this event a success.

October 2018

Delivered Home Alone Safety Program.

Promoted National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 22 - 27, 2018) heavily on social media.

Partnered with City of Grande Prairie Enforcement Services to deliver a Positive Ticketing Blitz in association with Parachute Canada. The goal was to catch teens demonstrating good driving skills and to pull them over. They were given a positive ticket to reward their safe driving and entered into a draw to win a prize from Parachute Canada. We are happy to say that over the course of 2 lunch hours we were able to visit three local high schools and give out all 46 of the positive tickets that we had available.

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Annual Report – Year in Review Hosted Safety City Halloween! Over 600 children and 400 adults attended this event. We were very

happy to offer this opportunity to allow families to enjoy a safe Halloween event where the children learn safety tips while trick or treating in Safety City. Other activities included sipping on a delicious cup of hot chocolate (Thank you Tim Horton’s Allard Group!), crafting, sensory play, science experiments, games, photo opportunities and even a dance party (Thank you Absolute Entertainment for the great music and photo booth!). This event was made possible because of the generous support of our local businesses and community members. Thank you to Canadian Western Bank and CUPE Local 787 for being our top sponsors for this event. We would also like to thank PVT Group (Performance Vac and Tank Services), Timewell Bookkeeping and Sheldon Hannah Insurance Services - Cooperators for their generous sponsorship of this event. We would like to thank Safeway Southview, Nick’s No Frills, Northside IGA, Keddie’s Tack and Western Wear, Grande Prairie Firefighter’s Charitable Organization, Alberta Transportation, Costco and some wonderful community members who donated candy, pumpkins, straw bales, glow sticks, reflective trick or treat bags and other materials that were needed to make this event possible. Lastly, we need to thank all of the volunteers that helped make this event the best one yet! A special thanks to Del Rae Young for the countless hours she spent making many of the decorations, preparing components of the activities and helping to set up for this event as well as volunteering to work the event as well! Thank you Del Rae!

November 2018

Hosted Car Seat Clinic in partnership with Grande Prairie Parent Link Centre. Thank you to the City of Grande Prairie Fire Department for allowing us to use the fire hall for these clinics during the winter months so that our techs and the parents and small children can stay safe and warm while we make sure their seats are safely installed in the vehicles.

Delivered Home Alone Safety Program.

Held AGM on November 27, 2018.

Upcoming in December 2018

Will Deliver one session of the Home Alone Safety program.

Will participate in the annual Candy Cane Campaign to remind drivers to stay sober and drive safely this holiday season.

Will host a meeting of the Injury Prevention Committee.

Will participate in a free car seat clinic in partnership with Grande Prairie Parent Link Centre

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Annual Report – Appreciation

Grants received from

Parachute - #CrossSAFE Rail Safety Grant

City of Grande Prairie

City of Grande Prairie Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)

Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta - Community Impact Grant

County of Grande Prairie No. 1

Canada Summer Jobs Grant

Canada - Alberta Jobs Grant

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Innovation and Engagement Grant

Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities would like to thank everyone for the support you have given this past year. Your help makes it possible for us to pro-

vide our programs, services and injury prevention initiatives.

Sponsors

City of Grande Prairie

Tim Horton’s Allard Group

Prairie Villa Insurance

Alberta Motor Association (AMA/CAA)

Grande Prairie Regional Safety Committee

CW Exteriors

Donations & Gifts

Grande Prairie Firefighters Charitable Organization

Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) - Northwestern Alberta Chapter

Royal Bank of Canada

Alliance Disposal

Overhead Door Company of Grande Prairie

Tim Horton’s Allard Group

New Horizon Co-op

Nick’s No Frills

Safeway Southview

Northside IGA

Costco

H & M Meats

Absolute Entertainment

Community Members

Fundraising Partners

Swan City Rotary Club - Cash and Camping Lottery

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie - Dream Home Lottery

AGLC

Grande Bingo Society

Safety City Halloween Sponsors

Canadian Western Bank

CUPE Local 787

PVT Group (Performance Vac and Tank Services)

Timewell Bookkeeping

Sheldon Hannah Insurance Services - Cooperators

Alberta Transportation

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Annual Report – Appreciation Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities would like to thank and acknowledge

everyone for the support you have given this past year. Your help makes it possible for us to provide programs, services and injury prevention initiatives to our area.Our Partners

City of Grande Prairie Enforcement Services

City of Grande Prairie Fire Department

County Of Grande Prairie No. 1 Regional Enforcement Services

County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Regional Fire Service

R.C.M.P.

ATCO

Alberta Health Services EMS

Alberta Health Services

Regional EMS Foundation

St. John Ambulance

Alberta Agriculture

Parachute Canada

Alberta Transportation - Office of Traffic Safety

Alberta Motor Association (AMA/CAA)

Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) - Northwestern Alberta Chapter

Grande Prairie Regional Safety Committee

Prairie Villa Insurance

Ernie’s Sports Experts

Grande Prairie Regional College

Nitehawk Adventure Park

Grande Prairie Crime Prevention

Grande Prairie Parent link Centre

Grande Prairie Regional Safety Committee

Volunteers All of our volunteers are appreciated and we thank everyone who has helped us with our events, programs, fundraisers and campaigns in 2018. We would like to take a moment to thank a few of the volunteers who went above and beyond this year in their efforts to help us. Please know that we truly appreciate the help of each and every volunteer.

Frank Boyd - Pedal car and vehicle assembly and maintenance for Safety City

Karen Boyne - Special Events, Fundraising

Dan Mateev - Fundraising, maintenance

Len Kulba - Fundraising, maintenance

Christine Vavrek - Fundraising

Wendy Doucette - Fundraising

Chris Stetsko - Fundraising

Ernie Stetsko - Fundraising

Eunice Bently - Fundraising

Larry Bently - Fundraising

Del Rae Young - Special Events, especially Safety City Halloween.

Rodger Browning - Fundraising

Wayne Mayell - Fundraising

Gaitane Drouin - Fundraising

Staff from Royal Bank of Canada - Spring Clean Up Event

All Members of our Board of Directors - These people are amazing! They help out with so many things that it would take too long to list them all here!

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2017/2018

Board of Directors

Chair: Donna Kulba

Proactive Injury Management

Treasurer: Sif Hansen

ATCO Electric

Director: Lydia MeGraw

QEII Regional Hospital

Director: Sonja Raven P. Ag.

Agricultural Fieldsman

Director: Michelle Hodder

Alberta Health Services

Director: Leona Small

Alberta Health Services

Our Mission:

“To Promote public safety and reduce the incidence of injury in Grande Prairie and area through the maintenance and

operation of Safety City and other programs designed to educate the

public about safety and injury prevention”

How can You help?

Join our Injury Prevention Committee

Make safe choices to protect you and your family from injuries

Become a Board Member

Rent our Facility

Volunteer for Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities

Make a financial contribution– a tax receipt will be issued. Online donations are available on our website.

Donate tools for our maintenance volunteers

Challenge your office staff to a safety competition and share the proceeds from funds raised.

Make the decision to NOT use your cell phone while driving

Sponsor a kiosk, bench, car or sign in Safety City

Tell two people about Safe Communities, Safety City and how they can help.