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4 - Qrono Weekly Times Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Playground safety the focus of Safe Kids Week WHITBY, ON, May 20, 2005 - Durham Region Health Department will celebrate Safe Kids Week, May 30 to June 5, with a focus on playground playground safety. As part of its Safe Home Safe Play initiative, initiative, the Health Department will host an interactive summer summer safety camp to provide parents and children with an opportunity to learn about and practice playground safety. The summer safety camp will be held on June. 1 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Rotary Park, Ajax. "Playgrounds can be a great environment for children to learn and play, but it can also be dangerous if proper precautions aren't taken to ensure personal safety," said Chris Steinwall, a public health nurse with Durham Region Health Department. "It's very important for children children to be healthy and active, so our goal is to promote the safe enjoyment of outdoor activities to.help avoid the risk o'f injury." A study from the Canadian Paediatric Society reports that 28,500 children are treated in hospitals each year as a- result of a playground injury. The most common type of injury is falling from equipment, which accounts for more than two- - thirds of all playground injuries. In addition, a recent Health Department survey indicates that in 2003, there were 328 emergency room visits by Durham Region chil dren due to playground-related playground-related falls. "There are many ways parents parents and caregivers can help prevent injuries on the playground," playground," explained Ms. Steinwall. "By being knowledgeable knowledgeable and prepared for playground activity, the risk ' of injury to children can be reduced." Parents and caregivers can help children play safely by removing any clothing or accessories that can become trapped in equipment including including hood drawstrings, scarves or loose fitting clothing. Children should be closely supervised, especially. while riding on a swing, or playing and climbing oh equipment. The Health Department also suggests that the height of playground equipment should be limited to five feet or one and a half meters. To reduce the severity of impact from a fall, it is important to ensure that the playground surface is made up of appropriate materials materials such as sand, pea gravel or woodchips and be at least six inches deep. Durham Region Health Department has a variety of resources about child safety and related issues. For more information on playground safety or the upcoming summer summer safety camp, please call the Health Department at 905- 723-8521 or 1-800-841-2729 ext. 2545, or visit: www.region.durham.on.ca. 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People attending attending will also be asked about the criteria that should be used to evaluate a potential new site for the library. "As part of its Strategic Planning, the Clarington Public Library Board decided to assess needs within the community community to ensure that it has adequate adequate and appropriate space and services to meet the needs of a growing population in the Newcastle area. Seeking public public consultation on this matter is an important part of this process", process", says Allan Hewitt, Library Board Chair. Additional information regarding the public meeting on June 6th can be obtained from Linda Del Grande (Manager of Library Services) at 905-623-9742 or Todd Brown (Monteith Brown Planning Consultants)' at 1- 888-252-0720. MS lives here. MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada. 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