{"id":2363,"date":"2015-03-12T14:06:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/the_lifesmarts_safety_smart_connection\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T06:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:28:53","slug":"the_lifesmarts_safety_smart_connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/the_lifesmarts_safety_smart_connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The LifeSmarts Safety Smart connection – National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post originally appeared on LifeSmarts.org<\/a>. LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the past two years LifeSmarts has partnered with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on its Safety Smart\u00ae Ambassador program to provide a way for LifeSmarts students to give back through community service. LifeSmarts students become Safety Smart Ambassadors by delivering interactive safety messages to younger children in their communities.<\/p>\n

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We predicted that the program would be a hit, and that our Ambassadors would learn right along with the children they mentored. We were right on both counts!<\/p>\n

Last year LifeSmarts participants in 20 states became Safety Smart Ambassadors. They made more than 200 presentations, educating 4,000 young children.<\/p>\n

One Ambassador told us, \u201cSafety Smart is truly an amazing program\u2026\u00a0\u00a0The children that I have had the honor to teach were so interested and appreciative of the information I conveyed via this program.\u00a0 This program was not only beneficial to the children, but to me as well as I have learned to be confident and assertive in front of people, whether age 5 or 50.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our appreciation to UL for this opportunity was summed up by one of our Ambassadors who said, \u201cI want to say thank you to Underwriters Laboratories for getting to do the wonderful Safety Smart program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Become a Safety Smart Ambassador!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The resources provided by UL and LifeSmarts make this program easy to use \u2013 beginning with the coach lessons plan, a logistics checklist, videos featuring Timon and Pumbaa from Disney\u2019s\u00a0The Lion King<\/em>, and four step-by-step lessons that are fun and easy to teach. Titles include:<\/p>\n