65 More Students Graduate as Safe Sitters®
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| Mora area Safe Sitter® graduates totaled 19. |
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The Pine City Safe Sitter® class graduated
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Seventeen students graduated from the Hinckley Safe Sitter® class.
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Kanabec Hospital’s hugely popular Safe Sitter® program continues to attract area students. The most recent classes were held in Mora, Pine City and Hinckley. A total of 65 students graduated.
The medically accurate, hands-on class teaches girls and boys ages 11 to 13 how to be safe, nurturing babysitters. Safe Sitter® students learn how to respond appropriately to medical emergencies, how to keep themselves safe, when and how to call for help, and how to understand and deal with children of different ages. They also learn about the business aspect of babysitting. Safe Sitter® graduates are more confident and capable caregivers. To successfully complete the program, students must pass a rigorous practical and written test to show they have mastered the key concepts and have the skills necessary to handle an emergency.
Kanabec Hospital is the only local provider for the Safe Sitter® program and just one of five throughout Minnesota. The hospital brought the program to the area in July of 2005. To date, there have been a total of 14 classes with 288 graduates from Mora, Ogilvie, Pine City, Hinckley, Finlayson, Brook Park, Grasston, Braham, Rush City, Stanchfield, Cambridge, Isanti, East Bethel, Dalbo, Milaca, Isle, Onamia, Wahkon and Cedar.
Kanabec Hospital’s next Safe Sitter® class is tentatively planned for November in Cambridge. Details will be made available in plenty of time to enroll. For more information call Ronda, Volunteer Coordinator and Certified Safe Sitter® Instructor, at 320-225-3321.
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