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Still time to enter BAW poster contest
The British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund Burn Awareness week (BAW) 2015 is taking place from February 2 to 8.
Burn Awareness Week is designed to teach kids to be responsible for their own safety and make families aware of potential harmful situations.
BAW targets children in the high-risk age group from Pre-school to grade 7. BAW is available to all public and private schools across British Columbia and gives schools an opportunity to win cash prizes for their schools.
Any student who participates in the BAW poster contest will receive a participation gift from the BCPFF Burn Fund and will have their name entered for Regional prizes. The hope is that all local schools will participate in Burn Awareness Week however, if a student will not participating at the school level, Cranbrook Fire Fighters encourage parents to go over the Burn Awareness Week Program at home with their child.
The BAW program is easily accessible at www.burnfund.org and includes safety tips, activity sheets, colouring pages and animated videos. The BAW program is educational, fun and interactive.
Prizes: One of the entries submitted into the local BAW poster contest will be selected for the 2016 Cranbrook Fire Fighters Burn Fund Calendar. The winner will receive a pizza party for their classroom and their poster will grace the February page of the 2016 calendar. Another local entrant will be selected as a runner up and their poster will also win their classroom a pizza party.
General Contest Rules:
– Only one poster per student can be submitted and all posters must be dropped off to the Cranbrook Fire Hall at 2503 2nd Street South by 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, to be entered into the local contests.
– Posters must be drawn on an 8 ½ by 11 inch letter-sized paper.
– Poster artwork may be drawn on any Burn Awareness Week program fire safety subject.
– Students can participate on their own without the participation of their school.
– Posters must include the child’s name, grade, school and address on the back of the poster.
– Winning posters are based on age-appropriate skill, and will be judged on message and content.
Hot Tip: Children’s skin is up to four times more sensitive than an adult. What may be a minor burn to an adult could result in a serious and life altering burn for a child. Please visit www.burnfund.org for more information and watch the “Too Hot for Tots” video.
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