Category Archives: Youth and Family

Back to School Bus Stop Safety

It is time to head back to school. Safe Communities of Wood County wants everyone’s travel to and from school to be safe. As school comes back in session, local roads become busier with school buses and cars as parents or guardians drive children to school, adding to existing traffic and daily work commuters.

Following are tips to keep children safe this school year:

  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the safest way to get to and from school is by riding on a school bus. Encourage children to ride the bus if living in a bus route.
  • Accompany children and model the proper way to wait for the bus.
  • Arrive early and wait in front of where the bus picks up.
  • Look for the bus driver to the student onto the bus – whether with eye contact or a wave.
  • Always use sidewalks if walking to or from school.

For more information regarding bus stop and back to school safety, contact Safe Communities of Wood County at 419.372.9353 or check the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website at http://www.nhtsa.gov/

Keep in mind these school bus safety tips and do your part to make this school year a fantastic and safe one for all local children!

For More Information:

  • William Bowers, Ohio State Highway Patrol: 419-352-2481
  • Sandy Wiechman, Safe Communities Coordinator: 419-372-9353 or swiechm@bgsu.edu

RecWell Rewind – Youth Fun and Fitness Program Started

The Youth Fun and Fitness Program was created in the summer of 1982 after the Student Recreation Center opened for faculty use.

Kids Enjoying Their Time at Camp

The Youth Fun and Fitness Days Program was created when the Student Recreation Center opened for faculty use. Originally, the program was only available to the children of BGSU faculty. However, it later expanded to include the children of all Student Recreation Center members and also the public if spots were available. The program was open to children in grades one through six.

The objectives of the program were to help children recognize the importance of health, safety, and good leisure-time activities, to introduce children to different sports and teach good sportsmanship through both competitive and cooperative sports, and to provide children the opportunity to see campus programs through visits and hands-on experience.Kids Learning to Dance at Camp

Children could participate in various indoor and outdoor physical activities that varied over the years. Some of the activities offered were swimming, sailing, ice skating, racquetball, kick ball, soccer, and whiffle ball, and outdoor games. Over the years various field trips were also offered such as campus and community tours, visits to WBGU-TV, the Wood County Airport, and sailing. Enrollment in the program had declined in 1992 and was discontinued soon after.

For more information on the History of Recreation and Wellness, visit our website.

Learn more about the current Kids Camp Program.

 

 

Birthday Parties

Recreation and Wellness has taken the worry and hassle out of planning a child’s birthday party, leaving the fun and enjoyment to you!

Party Party Party

Cost:  $100 – includes 10 participants
Additional participants:  $9 each
Location: Student Recreation Center
This party package is for the do-it-yourself type.  Bring  your own treats and we supply the space and activity.  This party includes the party space, activity of choice depending on facility chosen, Recreation and Wellness birthday party host/hostess, decorations, and a party favor for 10 participants.

Jubilee

Cost:  $140 – includes 10 participants
Additional participants:  $13 each
Location: Student Recreation Center

This package is cause to celebrate!  Throw a party no one will forget in one of our facilities, plus pizza and drink.  This party includes party space, activity of choice, Recreation and Wellness birthday party host/hostess, decorations, pizza and drink, and a party favor for 10 participants.

Extravaganza

Cost:  $170 – includes 10 participants
Additional participants:  $16 each
Location: Student Recreation Center

Want to throw a one-of-a-kind party?  This full birthday party package has it all!  This party includes party space, activity/activities of choice, Recreation and Wellness birthday party host/hostess, decorations, pizza and drink, and a party favor for 10 participants.

Visit the website to book a party.

Truth Campaign To Put Out More Than Just Cigarettes

The American Legacy Foundation has launched another Truth campaign to combat Big Tobacco in the United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The anti-smoking youth campaign is for the first time tackling social smoking, hookahs and flavored cigarillos in its marketing efforts as smoking habits among young adults shift away from traditional cigarettes.”  The campaign debuted a new spot called “It’s A Trap” during MTV’s Video Music Awards and also released another advertisement called “Finishers 2.0″, which can be seen below, during the Teen Choice Awards in April.

According to Wall Street Journal, the campaign “leverages social media star power and popular memes to highlight the dangers of light or intermittent smoking — say smoking a cigarette or two only during parties. A study published earlier this year in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that 25% of adolescents believe smoking on an intermittent basis poses little to no harm.”

The advertisement below is one of four that is being shown around on Bowling Green State University’s campus. With the Clean-Air Policy in place at BGSU since 2012, this will be another step in the right direction to end it with tobacco.

http://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/08/27/truth-campaign-targets-social-smoking-hookahs-as-cigarette-use-declines/