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NOW TO MATT NOW.
WE'RE SWITCHING GEARS T CAN
BE FUN AND SCARY ON HALLOWEEN
NIGHT, BUT EVEN THE SPOOKY CEFT
NEED TO REMEMBER TO BE SAFE.
FOR THAT REASON, THE RED CROSS
HAS COME UP WITH THE LUCKY 13, A
LIST OF 13 THINGS THAT CAN KEEP
CHILDREN SAFE ON HALLOWEEN.
WE'RE JOINED BY JANE FROM THE
RED CROSS.
LET'S GET INTO IT.
WHEN DO PARENTS ALLOW KIDS TO GO
TRICK OR TREATING BY THEMSELVES?
I THINK THAT'S A JUDGMENT
CALL YOWRN CHILDREN.
IF YOU WOULDN'T LET YOUR
CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL BY
THEMSELVES OR TRUST THEM TO GO
OUT IN THE FRONT YARD DURING THE
EVENING AND PLAY, THEN YOU WANT
TO WALK WITH THEM.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A HARD AGE
FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD USE YOUR
JUDGMENT ON YOUR CHILDREN.
IF YOU SEND THEM OUT, YOU HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TALK TO
THEM AHEAD OF TIME, THAT THEY
HAVE A FLASHLIGHT, THAT YOU KNOW
WHERE THEY'RE GOING SO YOU CAN
CHECK UP ON THEM AND THEY'RE NOT
STREETS.
ONCE YOU MAKE THAT HARD
DECISION, THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE
IS GOING TO ALLOW PARENTS TO BE
ASSURED THAT THEIR CHILD WILL BE
SAFE.
LET'S GET INTO THE LIST MUCH THE
FIRST ONE THAT I THOUGHT WE
ROUTE.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW
TIMES?
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY R YOU
KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY'RE
IN, HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW SOME OF
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT
AREA, SOW KNOW IT'S A SAFE PLACE
TO BE.
ALSO, YOU CAN CHECK UP ON THEM.
YOU CAN GO BACK, SPEND LONGER
THAN YOU EXPECT, OR IF YOU'RE
JUST CURIOUS, YOU CAN CHECK ON
THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT AREA
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN.
MAYBE SMART TO ATTACH A TIME
TO IT, LET'S MEET AT THIS CORNER
AT 8:30 SOW KNOW WHERE TO GO.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE BIG FUN THING ABOUT
HALLOWEEN IS IT'S DARK AND
SPOOKY, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THANK YOU A FLASHLIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'LL BE OUT IN THE DARK.
JUST LIKE RIDING A BIKE IN THE
DARK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OUT
CLOTHING.
YOU WANT A FLASHLIGHT, SO NOT
ONLY CAN YOU SEE, SO YOU DON'T
BUMP INTO SOMETHING ACCIDENT,
BUT SO PEOPLE SEE YOU AND
DRIVERS SEE YOU SO THAT YOU
DON'T END UP GETTING INTO AN
ACCIDENT WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THERE'S A FEW MORE THINGS
SEEING.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING ONES THAT
I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
IS NOT WEARING A MASK.
IF YOU'RE GOING GO OUT, USE FACE
PAINT INSTEAD OF THE MASK.
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF
THAT WITHOUT THIS LIST.
THE IDEA IS THAT IF THE MASK
WERE TO FALL OR SHIFT UP OR TO
GET UP AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO
SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
IF YOU'RE WALKING IN THE ROAD OR
EVEN ON A BUSY SIDEWALK OR
TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET AND
PROBLEM.
IT'S AN EXTRA SAFETY TIP.
AND YOU KNOW, TRICK OR
TREATING IS STRESSFUL.
MAYBE PARENTS WANT AN
ALTERNATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEIR KIDS ARE SAFE THE ENTIRE
TIME YOU A GREAT EVENT COMING
UP.
ON SATURDAY IS THE SAFE EVENT
AT THE NORTH CAMPUS.
IT'S AN INDOOR ALTERNATIVE TO
TRICK OR TREATING.
WE DECORATE THE HALLS, HAVE
DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE, SOME
OUTSIDE, INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES.
YOU NOT ONLY GET THE CANDY AND
THE TRADITIONAL TRICK OR
TIPS.
THERE'S INTERACTIVE EVENTS THAT
ARE SAFETY-BASED, AND WE ALSO
HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE
ADULTS IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE THE FBI WILL BE THERE
THAT WILL DO THE CHILD I.D.
PROGRAM SO YOU CAN GET YOUR KIDS
PROGRAM.
IT'S A GREAT EVENT.
NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT
SUBSTITUTE, BUT A GREAT PREFACE
FOR KIDS GOING OUT ON HALLOWEEN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MATT.