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Safety Town Deadline Friday

The annual accident prevention program is taking applications for volunteers and participants through June 17.

The green movement among municipalities has extended all the way to Safety Town.

The annual safety program, sponsored by the GFWC West Deptford Junior Woman’s Club and West Deptford Parks and Recreation for kids entering kindergarten, is taking applications online from teens entering seventh grade or above who want to work with the program this year.

Volunteers can register electronically by emailing wdsafetytown@gmail.com and requesting the registration link. Once you receive the link, simply click to open the link, complete all the required fields and click submit–it’s that simple.

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Every effort will be made to fulfill session requests, and the deadline for registration is Friday, June 17. If you are unable to register electronically, paper forms are available at the municipal building.

Confirmation will be sent by email, when possible, after Monday, June 20.

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An informational meeting and teen training session for all new teen volunteers will be conducted on Friday, June 24 at Red Bank School. The meeting time will be provided in your confirmation letter, and only inexperienced Teen Volunteers must attend this session.

Parents who want to enroll their kindergarten-age children should fill out an application and drop it off or mail it to the municipal building.

All sessions take place at Red Bank Elementary School.

  • Session 1A:             June 27 – July 8            8:30am – 10:45 a.m.
  • Session 1B:            June 27 – July 8            11:30am – 1:45 p.m.
  • Session 2A:            July 11 – July 22            8:30am – 10:30 a.m.
  • Session 2B:            July 11 – July 22            11:30am – 1:30 p.m.

There are no classes on Saturday or Sunday, as well as on July 4.

For more information, contact wdsafetytown@gmail.com


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