Secure Youngsters Kansas offered their yearly awards in a ceremony Tuesday at the Kansas National Schooling Association in Topeka. The prestigious Dr. Dennis Cooley Award of Excellence, named in honor of pediatrician Dr. Dennis Cooley of Topeka, was presented to Jan Stegelman of Topeka.
Stegelman served as the State Coordinator of Safe and sound Little ones Kansas from the program’s inception in 1991 until finally her retirement in June 2009. In 1991, Stegelman, then a new worker with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, was charged with creating a state injuries prevention plan. Later on that 12 months, an agreement was signed with the Nationwide Safe and sound Little ones Campaign and a steering committee was formed in Kansas to kind a Safe and sound Little ones Coalition. Below her leadership, Protected Children Kansas expanded to include additional member organizations and regional coalitions. Protected Youngsters Kansas also grew to become a 501c(three) in 2003.
“We get this option to recognize Jan Stegelman for her exceptional leadership in child safety and for her excellent contributions in the field of childhood harm prevention in Kansas,” explained Cherie Sage, State Director for Protected Youngsters Kansas.
Safe and sound Children Kansas also honored a single regional coalition, a few folks and two coalition member organizations.
“These organizations and men and women have produced significant contributions to the mission of Secure Youngsters Kansas, which is preventing accidental harm – the foremost killer of our kids in Kansas,” explained Sage.
Extra award recipients incorporate:
The Nearby Coalition of the Year award for 2009 was offered to Safe Kids Geary County for their accomplishment in tackling the special complexities of their ever before changing group. Safe and sound Children Geary County embraces challenges and coalition members work collaboratively to successfully offer education, training and applications to group members. Safe and sound Youngsters Geary County has devoted time and energy to establish what the requirements of their county residents are and figure out applications and routines that will work best in their communities. Safe and sound Children Geary County has strived to make certain men and women have the coaching they want to educate their population holding both a Poison Control Middle train-the-trainer program and CPS recertification class. Secure Kids Geary County operates vigorously to stop accidental injury of youngsters in the county creating it worthy of coalition of the 12 months. The lead agency for Safe Children Geary County is the Geary County Health Division.
Support Recognition Awards have been offered to 3 folks who have labored determinedly to provide injury prevention schooling to families in Kansas – Sgt. Timothy McCool, Dean Tucker and Emma Kruger. Serving as Public Resource Officer for Kansas Highway Patrol, Sgt. Timothy McCool is a passionate advocate for security initiatives across the state. He is an energetic kid passenger security technician teacher and has introduced innumerous damage prevention messages at colleges and local community occasions. Dean Tucker, previous coordinator of Secure Little ones Osage County, worked tirelessly to train mothers and fathers how to effectively restrain their young children in child security seats and offer youngsters with education and learning on the safest way to have on their seat belts. As a volunteer for Safe and sound Kids Douglas County, Emma Kruger has strived to improve damage prevention efforts in her group by means of 1 on one particular education, presentations, grant producing, serving on committees, and representing Secure Children Douglas County at nearby events.
The Outstanding Partnership for Child Security Award was offered to Huggable Photos, Shawnee Mission, for the company’s continued help of childhood injury prevention via advocacy and company acumen. Huggable Photos has traveled the region, providing presentations and exhibiting at conferences and providing a distinctive product that drastically enhances the potential to teach parents and other caregivers. Huggable Pictures is a member organization of Secure Little ones Kansas and offers leadership and expertise from a enterprise standpoint on the Company Advisory Panel.
The Outstanding Coalition Organization Award was offered to State Farm Insurance for its sustained help of Protected Youngsters Kansas. State Farm’s economic commitment to wheeled sports activities safety and vehicle occupant safety as properly as partnerships amongst State Farm agents and local Safe and sound Kids coordinators have enhanced the safety of kids in Kansas.
Secure Kids Kansas, Inc. is a nonprofit Coalition of above 70 statewide organizations and corporations focused to preventing accidental injuries to Kansas kids ages -14. Local coalitions and chapters are located in Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Elk, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Montgomery, Osage, Pottawatomie, Rice, Riley, Saline, Smith, Shawnee, Wilson and Woodson Counties, as well as the metropolitan areas of Chanute, Emporia, Leavenworth, Pittsburg, the Wichita Area (like Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick and Sumner counties), and the Metro Kansas City Location (including Wyandotte County and many Missouri counties.) Secure Youngsters Kansas a member of Safe and sound Children Throughout the world, a global network of organizations whose mission is to avoid accidental childhood injuries. Safe and sound Kids Kansas was founded in 1991 and the lead company for the State Coalition is the Kansas Department of Health and Setting.
