Who Is Your 2015 Hero?
The Cenotaph*
For Immediate Release10/2014
Contact: ellie.goldberg@healthy-kids.info
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Who Is Your 2015 Healthy Kids Hero?
Attention: Science educators, STEM advocates, professionals in public health, school health, environmental health, facilities
management, IAQ, IPM, health and safety, lab safety, school security,
emergency and risk management, asthma educators, first responders, school
administrators, nurses, advocates, parents and students.
Do you know someone whose sense of
responsibility, inspirational leadership, and exemplary persistence and courage
protects children from school hazards and unhealthy school conditions?
Send your hero's story, name, and email/phone # by January 15, 2015 to ellie.goldberg@healthy-kids.info
The annual Healthy Kids Hero
Award was created as an
annual opportunity to tell the story of the 1937 Texas School Explosion and to
inspire leadership to protect children from the chemical hazards and unhealthy
conditions in today's schools. (HEROES 2004 - 2014)
March 18, 2015 is the 78th anniversary of the 1937 Texas School Explosion -- the worst school disaster in American history. Just
minutes before the end of the school day, a gas explosion killed more than 300
people, mostly students. In their new state-of-the-art public school no expense
had been spared except when it came to safety.
New London Museum Video 4:23 New London, Texas, was known
as the
richest independent school district in the United States...
Experience
the tragedy and triumph as you step back in time with
a visit to the
London Museum in New London, Texas.
Lessons Learned. Lives Saved. The disaster resulted in a law that required adding a warning odor to natural gas, thus saving millions of lives all over the world. However, the false economies and short-sighted decisions that led to the 1937 explosion are still common in too many schools today.
The Unfinished Legacy: Leadership for Excellence Needed. The story of the 1937 Texas School Explosion needs to be part of our national legacy. Let's make March 18 an annual day to prioritize the values and technical skills we need to live safely with 21st century chemicals and technology.
Send your hero's story, name, and email/phone # by January 15, 2015 to ellie.goldberg@healthy-kids.info
- "Set aside a special day each year as a memorial..."
- Leadership Needed
- Bring the Lessons to Your School
- New London School Explosion
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