Message on inside front cover of program

Dear Safety Town Colleague:

The major function of this workshop is to share materials and ideas especially
to assist and guide Safety Town personnel. Only in this manner can we utilize every
potential in preparing and presenting a high degree of safety education standards to
our children through the Safety Town program.

All aspects of this workshop have been planned to stimulate thinking, excite the
imagination and expand the horizons of all who attend. This is essential since we are
working with and educating young children who do have much imagination and energy.
We want - everyone - attending to become actively involved in this workshop.

I hope each participant will return to their program and community with a sense of
renewal - and - an even greater feeling of dedication toward the tasks of safety education
in leadership, guidance and teaching.
This was the FIRST one day (8-hour) workshop ever held
anywhere in the world specifically for preschool-early
childhood safety education. It was organized and conducted
by - Dorothy Chlad - at the Marriott Hotel on May 19, 1971
in Cleveland Ohio.

Over 150 people attended from several states. Safety
Town personnel from 26 communities within North
Eastern Ohio - actively participated in presentations and
demonstrations.

As a result - attendees went back to their respective states
and communities and began promoting - the importance of
preschool-early childhood safety education in their schools,
communities and organizations.
Message on inside back cover of program.

    Performance objectives for your program:

        1. Teachers and uniformed personnel must achieve their
             planned objectives.
        2. Children should show achievement before new rules are
             introduced.
        3. Children should understand and know what is expected
             of them.

    Points to achieve these objectives:

        1. Review purpose.
        2. Transfer purpose to proper language.
        3. Breakdown to specific objectives.
        4. Allow sufficient time for self-participation.
Guest Speaker
Franklin Haering Ph. D.
1970 Program Chairman NSC
School and College Congress
Supervisor of Safety
Montgomery County Public Schools
Rockville, Maryland
Did you know?

Because the original Safety Town traffic program was considered a baby-sitting
program and not educational, Dorothy Chlad's major priority was to develop an
educational curriculum and stress the educational values.
(Refer to Challenges on the Home page)


She constantly explained - proper and effective teaching methods - at every
workshop, meeting, presentation and interview. Her goal was to set the standard
for the highest degree of safety education.

During 1963-1965 she visited all of the 12 programs that were in operation. She
was very disturbed at what she witnessed:


        • children being punished for coloring out of the lines
             (due to lack of finger dexterity development)
   
        • standing in the corner for making improper turn signals
            (they don't even know their right from left arm)

        • being told to follow the person in front of them
            (what happens when there is no one in front)


There are more but you can understand why she was disturbed.


From 1963-2008 Dorothy Chlad has given over 2000 workshops, seminars,
training sessions, presentations to education, corporate,civic, media,
government organizations at the local, state and national / international level.

The majority were conducted during 1971-1991 mainly as a result of the
workshops (later called seminars) and involving the media in the workshops
to explain how to prepare PSA's and articles.

During her volunteer travels to local communities throughout the country - she
would make a deal - she would make a presentation and assist them BUT they in
turn had to promise to set up a Safety Town in a nearby community.

She also selected and appointed state and district directors, later known as
coordinators. (Since they were "coordinating" people, that just seemed to be an
appropriate title)

At each workshop, seminar, meeting the respective coordinators would be
involved in organizing and conducting the event. These outstanding, dedicated
people volunteered  their time and money to travel to local and state events to
promote - SAFETY FOR KIDS!

COORDINATORS - STAND UP AND TAKE A WELL - DESERVED BOW!

YOU HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OF SAFETY TOWN
AND NATIONAL SAFETY TOWN CENTER!

(Refer to - Coordinators Conference - on the Home Page)
LOCATIONS

April  30th   Pennsylvania  (Monroeville
                    Hospitality Motor Inn (Rodi Rd)
                    Exit 6 Pa. Tpk-West on 1376

May 2nd       W. VA. (Huntington)
                    HOLIDAY INN EAST (Rt. 60)
                    Exit 5 off 164

May 3rd       N. Carolina (Greensboro)
                    HOLIDAY INN - Downtown

May 5th       Kentucky (Lexington)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Jct. 175 & Newtown Pike.

May 6th       Ohio (Dayton)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Exit  50 - 175

May 9th       NEW YORK (Utica)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Downtown

May 9th       Ohio (Bowling Green)
                    WINTER GARDEN LODGE
                    Exit Rt. 105 off 175

May 11th     Maine (Augusta)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    I-95 & Western Avenue

May 11th     Ohio (Kent)
                    MISSIMI RESTAURANT
                    Rt. 59

May 12th     Mass. (Frarninghaw)
                    HOLIDAY INN (Worcester Rd.)
                    Exit 13 Mass. Tpk. - Rt. 9

May 13th     New Jersey (S. Plainfield)
                    Prudential Eastern Office Durham
                    S. Plainfield Exit off Rt. 287

May 14th     Penn. (York)
                    HOLIDAY INN . Downtown

May 16th     Michigan (Ponton)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    1900 S. Telegraph Rd.

May 16th     Ohio (Mansfield)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Lauer Rd.

May 17th     IND (Warsaw)
                    HOLIDAY INN 130
                   
Map 18th     Illinois  (Lincoln wood)
                    HYATT HOUSE
                    (Ray Foley's Restaurant)
                    Exit Touhy East off Eden's
                    Expressway

May 18        Ohio (Columbus)
                    COVENTRY INN (Doblin-
                    Granuille Rd.)
                    Exit Rs. 161 West off 171

May 19        Wisconson  (Madison)
                    HOLIDAY INN . (Northeast)
                    Exit 151 West off 190 & 94

May 20th     MINN. (Minneapolis)
                    HOLIDAY INN (Capitol)
                    I 94 at Marion Street

May 21st     Iowa (Des Moines)
                    RAMADA INN (Downtown)
                    Rt. 235 . Expressway

May 23rd     Missouri (Columbia)
                    COLUMBIA INN
                    Jct. 170 & 63 S.

Map 25th     Arkansas  (N. Little Rook)
                    HOLIDAY INN . Exit 153A off 140

May 26th     Texas (Dallas)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Cockrell Hill Rd. Exit off 120

May 28th     New Mexico  (Albuquerque)
                    HOLIDAY INN . Downtown

Map 31st     Arizona (Phoenix)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    E. Van Buren Exit off 117

June 2nd     California (Glendale)
                    HOLIDAY INN (W. Pioneer Rd.)
                    Pacific Exc off Pasadena Fwy.

June 7th      Utah (Provo)
                    HOLIDAY INN Exit University Ave.

June 9th       Colorado (Denver)
                    HOLIDAY INN- US 40 & I 225

June 11th     Kansas(Topeka)
                    HOLIDAY INN
                    Exit Fair lawn & 6th off 170



SAMPLE - WORKSHOP SCHEDULE




Upon completion of . . . every workshop or seminar,Dorothy Chlad presented
... every ... person a Certificate of Attendance.

Here ... Connie Sousa ... State Department of Highway Safety, AZ 1977
receives her certificate while, Bob Haie, waits to receive his.

In 1974, Connie was among the first to receive the  ... second edition of the
. . . Safety Town Packet which she used to organize 20 mini, 1 hour course,
Safety Town programs at various shopping malls throughout the state.
Great job ... Connie









Indianapolis, IN ... was the home for this 8-hour seminar in 1978.

Thanks ... to all the Holiday Inns who displayed our organizations's name ... in lights.

What ... great ... publicity for all to see.










This delightful luncheon setting took place in the very beautiful courtyard of the
Sheraton in Aurora, OH, 1983.

A day prior to this seminar, a 4-hour training session was conducted by Dorothy Chlad
for teenage instructors at nearby SEA WORLD.

After the session, everyone enjoyed the remainder of the day with SHAMU and his
many friends,

What a ... WONDERFUL ... day

12 Courier/Suburban                                   March/22/78

Dorothy Chlad:   Her 'Safety Town'
Promotes Safety For  Pre-Schoolers
BY LINDA PALMAROZZA

    Dorothy   Chlad    of   Bedford,
Ohio was a  whirlwind  last  week
She passed through Wayne talking    a   mile   a   minute   about   safety
for  pre.school  children. Her  pet
project   for the last  15  years  is
called   Safety   Town   and   Mrs.
Chlad says she is not going to rest
until every town in the U.S.A. has
one.
     "I  do  al of this on a voluntary
basis," says  Mrs.  Chlad  over  a
Chinese  lunch that is  getting cold
as  she explains  all  the  things she
does  do  to  promote her idea.
    She is the founder and presi-
dent  of  Safety Town. She  is not,
however,   the   originator   of   the
idea.  That  started  in  1937 by  a
man    named   Frend   Boals  who
became   so  alarmed when a child
in   his   community  was  killed  by
an  automobile  that  he developed
a  program  to teach small children about traffic safety.
    The   early   program  was  ad-
ministered  by  police departments   in   and  around   Mansfield,  Ohio where Boals lived.
    In 1963, when Mrs.Chlad heard about the program, she was running
a  nursery  school  with  a friend in nearby Bedford. She saw merit in
the  program   but   also   saw   the need  to   take   it    away   from the  now burdened  police departments and hand the responsibility over  to the community. She expanded the format
to include safety of all descriptions. A   Safety   Town   is  a  miniature prefabricated   town  with  houses, buildings,   street   corners,  roads,  Stores and schools. Pre-schoolers  come to  Safety  Town  during the summer  before  they  start school. They  take  a 20-hour  course, two hours   a   day    and   learn   safety  behavior through involvement.
    "They  do  this by role playing in simulated  and  actual  life situations under the guidance of a teacher and a police  officer," says  Mrs. ChIad. The  program  also  includes  songs, poems, art projects, stories, movies, and   field  trips  to  police  and  fire departments combined  with actual practice.
    A   Safety   Town   is built  and operated by community volunteers like  senior  citizens,  high   school students,    medical    and    safety professionals and/or city officials.  Its size and characteristics depend upon how much money a comm- unity wants  to  spend. "There  can
be $ 25 Safety Towns or $250,000 Safety Towns," says Mrs. ChIad.

    What she tries to do is encourage Community organizations such as the Jaycees.   Rotarians  or   Lions  to sponsor   the  Safety  Town   or sponsor fund- raisers for it. She and her husband then provide six training
manuals, which   Mrs.    Chlad wrote, to  teach  community volunteers how Lo run the Safety Town course.
    A  district   director   acts  as a consultant.  The district   director  for e astern  Pennsylvania  is Mrs. Ethel Baer, of York.
    The  only  fee  that  the Chlad's
take  is  for  the  six  manuals,  the price  of  which  just  covers  their costs.   They were giving the  books away up until last year, but
it was  a  considerable   drain  on
them   financially,   Mrs.     Chlad estimates  that  to date  they  have spent about $ 30,000 of their own
money.

    Why? " My primary  concern is
the safety of the children. Whenever I hear about an accident, I fill up. I can't imagine how someone  would not  be  concerned  about  it," says Mrs. Chlad
    " The  lack  of  proper  teaching techniques  makes  me very  upset. There isn't a college in the country that  has a  course  in  pre - school safety education," she adds.
    As  a  mother  of two  and a pre- school  educator, Mrs.  Chlad   has written  the  Safety  Town  training
manuals   to   reflect   the   physical.
psychological,     and      emotional viewpoints of the children. It takes into consideration their size, perce- ptions and any
medical   limitations   like    color blindness or reversed vision,
    "There is another reason why I
do this," says Mrs. Chlad leaning
closer  and  adjusting  the    large
glasses on her nose. "I have  met
some  people who think  I'm Just
another  nutty lady  with  a  nutty
idea, but  what  I  say  to  that is,
'Hey, Charlie, you're going to eat
those words.'
    To  date   there  are   over  400
Safety  Towns across   the country
with  seven   in   foreign   locations
including   Canada,   Japan    and
Switzerland. Comedian Bill Cosby
is   the   honorary  chairman   with
his picture  and  comments printed
on Safety Town literature.
    Mrs. Chlad has also developed
Safety  Town  memorabilia  which
she sells to help meet the costs of
her Cleveland, Ohio headquarters
(which is her apartment and a paid
full   time    secretary ).    Posters,
T-shirts, games, puzzles, and bum-
per stickers are some of the prom-
otional material.
    The Safety Town logo is Clancy
the  clown,  a  policeman  with  a
clown's face who performs magic
tricks   which   are  safety related.
The character is actually a 15-year
veteran of a local  Ohio police de-
partment who wanted some way
to relate to children without their
being afraid of him,
Safety Town project which is an early childhood education program designed to introduce all type of safety conditions to four and five
year-olds. Mrs. Chlad travels around the Country telling people about the program and encouraging local civic organizations to
start one.

   Through Mrs.Chlad's persistence and
public relations efforts,she has managed
to interest big   companies  in   financing
some   of    her  activities. Recently  The
Prudential  Insurance Company paid  for
the  transportation  and  meeting  of   21
district directors from around the country.
    "I'm  beginning  to get  introduced  as
Joan  of  Arc  and    Mrs.  Ralph  Nader,
" she jests.
     One of  her goals  is to  make Safety
Town  part of a government agency, but
she says, "(At this point) No department
in Washington could fund us the way we
are.  Health, Education and Welfare told
me they had other priorities ad the Depa-
rtment of Transportation said they would
love to, but I would have to take every-
thing  out of  the  program  that  did  not
directly relate to traffic safety, and I just
can't do that," she confesses.
    So Mrs. Chlad's singular campaign to
put  Safety Town  on everybody's  map
continues. She  will  travel  anywhere to
talk about it  and if  she  cannot make it,
one   of   the  volunteers  of  her  cross-
country network wilt. She will organize
a  workshop  to  explain  the  program's
purpose in any town in the country.


SEMINAR COMMENTS


Thank you so much for the Safety Town Packet. We can see a lot of time and effort has gone into it.                             MA 1988

You always have a way of renewing enthusiasm for Safety Town. Thank you for your help and encouragement.             MO 1987

I feel a two or three day seminar would be extremely beneficial. It would give more time for in-depth discussions and possibly
some classes, educating us in specific areas.                                                                                                                 OH 1986

Involving parents in the daily classes helps us become more familiar with the progress and safety aspects and helps us to teach
the children effectively.                                                                                                                                                   WV 1985

I have attended three of your seminars - you outdid yourself on this one. It was great and very informative. Well organized.
Great learning experience. Safety Town is a great program. We owe this program to our youth.                                    OH 1984

It is the best workshop I have ever attended. Just keep up the good work! Many thanks!                                                SC 1983

An excellent workshop. Dorothy Chlad really knows the area of child safety. Few people know how to relate to small
children. I feel that everyone should have an opportunity to attend a workshop. Many times we tend to lecture rather than
giving the child an opportunity to participate in the learning experience.                                                                            NC 1982

I have learned a lot at the workshop. I plan to get all the materials and work more with our schools.                                 MI 1981

As an elementary school principal in the suburbs of Chicago. I am very interested in receiving all information available.
I have heard nothing but extremely positive comments from various people who have been associated with the Wilmette Safety
Town program and look forward to implementing it at Willowbrook School.                                                                       IL 1980

Your enthusiasm and dedication to the program is only superseded by your practical knowledge. Outstanding, fantastic, great!
I have been in safety education eight years and thought I knew the answers, but you sure passed out some excellent, effective
new ideas.                                                                                                                                                                       IN 1979

It's well conducted, all-inclusive and informative. You are a well-informed lady and I am very impressed with your enthusiasm
and professionalism. Really, really enjoyed your whole presentation last Tuesday in Portland. I can't remember when I have
totally agreed with a speaker - I did with you. You are one sharp lady and a crackerjack educator. Unless they ride me out on a
rail, we will be opening a Safety Town in Grants Pass next year!                                                                                    OR 1978

Absolutely fantastic! I was apprehensive about spending a whole day at a workshop. I sure am glad I came! At no time was I
bored or uninterested. You are very well prepared and have all resources at your fingertips. You have an excellent program
which is presented locally, with lea-way to innovate and mold to local requirements.                                                       AZ 1977

Yesterday's workshop was a very rewarding experience for me. Your devotion to the Safety Town Center and all that it stands
for is quite an inspiration. I personally want to thank you for all your hard work and sacrifice that you have given to equipping
children and parents to better live in a very unsafe world.                                                                                                TX 1976

The Center and the workshops should keep expanding to be a powerful force for child safety. The workshops have been very
successful and extremely informative since 1971. They have benefited hundreds of people.                                            NV 1975

I came home from the workshop feeling much more confident in teaching our program this summer. Very worthwhile program.
Many new ideas presented. A definite need to establish programs throughout the country.                                               PA 1974






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