SPECIAL PROJECTS For more information about these projects, please contact me: healthykids@rcn.com
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Lessons of the March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion Bring
the Lessons of the Texas School Explosion to your
school. Make March 18 a Healthy Schools Heroes Day. Help raise awareness of the urgent need for responsible
leadership to eliminate explosives and other hazards in today's schools
so "that schools will be safe and children will come home to their
families when their lessons are over." (Nine-year-old survivor Carolyn
Jones, in an appeal to the Texas legislature, March 25, 1937.) Nominations Sought for Healthy Schools Hero 2011. Healthy Schools Heroes Every
year, to mark the anniversary of the March 18, 1937 Texas School
Explosion, Healthy Kids salutes Healthy Schools Heroes who demonstrate
extraordinary responsibility and inspirational leadership to protect
children and teachers from chemical hazards in schools.
Creating a Culture of Sentinel Lions Parents,
educators, and health professionals owe it to children to eliminate
environmental hazards that are a source of preventable illness and
disability. Promoting the legacy of Rachel Carson...
Stop rBGH in school dairy products
Massachusetts Know Your Milk Campaign Goals:
to educate the public about the health risks of rBGH, to urge producers
to label dairy products, and to urge schools, hospitals, and other
institutions to eliminate rBGH from the dairy products they serve.
The world endures solely by virtue of the breath of school
children. (Talmud)
