Bite Prevention Promotion
Things You Can Do in Your Community to Promote Bite Prevention
Start Preparations Early!
Ask:
- Your City Council or County Commissioners to issue a Proclamation declaring (insert date), as Bite Prevention Week in your community
- The utility companies to include flyers in their bills
- The banks to include flyers in their monthly statements
- Your librarian to distribute bookmarks.
- Your local television news show to run a feature story
- School nurses to hold mini-classes on bite prevention
- Your County Commissioners or City Council to review the community’s leash and dangerous dog laws
- For a billboard to be donated
Co-sponsor an event with your local:
- Veterinary medical association
- Post office
- Utility company
- Emergency Medical Services
Place:
- Articles in your agency's newsletter
- Posters and flyers in veterinary offices
- A booth at the mall
Schedule presentations at:
- Schools, daycare centers
- Summer camps (boy/girl scouts, church, YMCA)
- Library programs
- Mother's Day Out programs
- Zoos
- FFA meetings
- Adult civic group meetings
- Safety meetings of postal carriers, meter readers, pizza delivery persons
- Progressive Farmer Safety Camps - Progressive Farmer Magazine sponsors Safety Camps that teach children how to avoid injuries in rural and agricultural settings
Be Creative
- Send a Letter to the Editor
- Have an open house at your facility
- Tell teachers how to order bite prevention materials and videos