SAFETY Shower HOW-TO-KIT
If you're looking for ways to help parents take better care of their
children, consider organizing a baby safety shower -- a baby shower with a new twist.
A baby safety shower is a learning party where all the activities revolve around
home safety themes. Parents and caregivers have fun -- and leave with new ideas about
keeping their babies safe at home.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Gerber Products Company developed
this baby safety shower initiative to help good parents become even better ones. After
all, no parents are born knowing about safety for their babies.
Baby safety showers have been organized in all kinds of communities for all kinds of
audiences. As First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said when she attended the kick-off Baby
Safety Shower in Washington, DC, "I hope families all over America will have baby
safety showers (to) educate each other about what we need to do to keep all of our babies
safe and healthy." These showers are an especially good way for local organizations
to reach new parents and parents-to-be with important safety information.
You can arrange a baby safety shower for any number of people -- from 20 to 200. At
larger baby safety showers, parents can visit a variety of workshops where volunteers
illustrate important safety information with games, prizes, and other activities. At
smaller showers, a few volunteers can lead the group in safety games.
Your theme can focus, like the material included here, on keeping your baby safe at
home -- or you can include additional issues, like nutrition and health.
Baby safety showers are also a good way to create and promote public-private
partnerships among many different organizations. By offering, for example, to distribute
donated baby products or health information, you can enhance your ties with the local
business community and build your relationships with local health and social service
organizations. All this creates community goodwill -- and provides your invited parents
with welcome information, products, and services.
The materials you'll need to get started are included in this Baby Safety Shower
How-to Kit. Take special note of the Baby Safety Checklist, in both English and
Spanish, which provides 12 important home safety tips that all parents should know.
Use your imagination to create a baby safety shower for your specific situation. The
key to success is providing important safety information in a festive and inviting
setting. So, roll up your sleeves -- and have fun!
The Baby Safety Shower How-to-Kit was developed by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission and Gerber Products Company.
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Baby Books
make great shower gifts!
