Sunday, September 29, 2013

Our Program is Growing!

Our program is growing!

Our new outdoor fire safety presentation set-up. It took us a very long time to get to this point, but thanks our wonderful donors and corporate partners, we are on our way! : )

With so many requests for fire safety presentations, we are in immediate need for gas money to get to schools and events to share fire safety and to cover the cost of postage to send fire safety books to schools we have Skyped with. 

Donate today to the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and help us save the life of a child (Your donation is tax deductible). 

No amount is too small! Visit HERE to make your donation today!


Guess Who Watched Our Show?

We were so excited when we found out that some firefighters from the Little Rock Fire Department were watching our show, Sparkles' Safety Spot last Friday! How cool is that?!?!

We love it when classrooms and fire departments tune in to watch!

You can watch our live-streamed safety show every Friday morning at 9 a.m. CST HERE!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

New Barriers to Help Keep Everyone Safe!

This year when we do the "Safe Treat" on Halloween, we have a new system to help ensure all the boys and girls at the event will get to see me and stay safe at the same time! : )

Last year, hundreds of people waited in line to see Tango.

This year it's my turn, and I'm so excited!!!

Friday, September 27, 2013

Skyping with Ms. Williams' Class from the UK!

Last week, on September 17th, we Skyped with Cornist Elementary School in the UK. We had such an amazing time!



Recently, we finished editing the video from our big day. Here it is!

 

If that wasn't exciting enough, we received two picture from two very special students: Joe and Harry.

The work that Joe and Harry did was to follow up on our Skype lesson. They used iPads to access the comic life app ; designed a poster that would help other children in the school with fire safety.

                                                                   Harry's poster


                                                                       Joe's poster
 
How cool is that?!?!
 
Then, they created a QR code for the poster so that it could be scanned and would lead the children straight to the Fire Safety Dogs' website for more info.

(US residents: You will notice on the posters that they mention to call "999." 999 is the emergency number in the UK. Remember to call "911" here in the states. Be sure, boys and girls from the US, that you make sure that you want to go to your meeting place first before you call 911. It's important that you get out of your house and stay out!)

We loved Ms. Williams idea SO MUCH, that we are going to ask older students from all our Skype visits to do the same!

Thank you so much, Ms. Williams and to your class, for the great Skype visit and to Joe and Harry for the wonderful fire safety posters! You guys ROCK!

Until next time, stay safe! And, remember, FIRE SAFETY ROCKS!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Whoo Hoo!

GREAT NEWS! We have just added our 3rd school to Skype with tomorrow! We will be Skyping with 6 and 7 year olds at the TLC Learning Center in Garden Grove, California.

Tomorrow, we will also be Skyping with Livingston Park School in N. Brunswick, NJ and Bethel Grove Elementary in Memphis, TN! Whoo hop!

Just a reminder that we will be live streaming our children's fire safety show, Sparkles' Safety Spot at 9 AM CST on MomTV!

The Fire Safety Dog Skype program is brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and our corporate partners, First Alert and State Farm as well as Skype in the classroom.

Sparkles' Safety Spot is brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and First Alert.

We've Added More Dates!

Evening everyone!

Our Fire Safety Dog Skype program has been so incredibly popular since school started, that we decided to open up some more dates and times!

Until now, we have been booked until February, so get those requests in soon to secure your spot!

Dates and times are filled once an application is received, on a first come, first serve basis. These dates are going to fly, so book your Skype visit today! It's FREE!

All times are CST

October 4, 9:30 AM and 10:15 AM CST
October 11, 9:30 AM CST
October 25, 9:30 AM CST
November 8, 9:30 AM CST
November 15, 9:30 AM CST
November 29, 9:30 AM  and 10:15 AM CST
December 6, 10:45 AM CST
December 20, 9:30 CST
December 27. 9:30 and 10:15 CST
January 3 2014 9:30 and 10:15 CST
January 10, 9:30 CST
January 17, 9:30 and 10:15 CST
January 24, 9:30 and 10:15 CST
January 31, 10:45 CST

Please visit HERE to learn more about Skyping with the Fire Safety Dogs and to fill out an application.

Fire Safety Dogs' Skype program brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation, Skype in the classroom, First Alert and State Farm.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Book Arrives!

The Japanese book with Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' story is here!

So exciting!


Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Molly the Fire Safety Dog Skypes with Cornist Park Primary School (United Kingdom)

I Skyped with Cornist Park Primary School (UK) on September 17, 2013. It was so fun Skyping with school children from another country! 

This was my 6th country to Skype with! 




The Fire Safety Dog Skype Program is brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and corporate partners, First Alert and StateFarm

To Skype FREE with Molly the Fire Safety Dog, click HERE.

Join the Molly the Fire Safety Dog on Facebook HERE.

Coloring E-Book!

Teachers, parents and grandparents! 

Looking for no cost materials for Fire Prevention Month? We have you covered!

FREE downloadable activity book! Just click HERE and print your own copy today!

Have fun! 

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sparkles' Safety Spot: Episode 107 September 20, 2013

Boys and girls, join Dayna Hilton and Molly the Fire Safety Dog on this recording of their live stream safety show, Sparkles' Safety Spot

In this episode, Molly shares with the boys and girls that once you get out of the house in case of fire, that you should NEVER EVER go back in! Remember to GET OUT AND STAY OUT.


   

Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and First Alert

Join Molly the Fire Safety Dog on Facebook HERE.

So Close to 600 Friends!

Wowsa! I am so surprised and happy that I have 584 friends with me sharing my daily adventures! The work of a Fire Safety Dog is so fun and you never know what will happen next (like what will happen on September 29th, for example~ it's HUGE!).

Pretty soon I will be hitting the 600 mark and I can hardly believe it! You guys are so pawesome for sharing my page with your friends!!! Woof!

Please join my page! Join HERE!

Let's Skype!

Teachers: Who would like to Skype with me, FREE?

Visit HERE to learn more!

I'd love to Skype with your students!

Fire Safety Dogs' Skype Program brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and First Alert.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

One of the Most Amazing Days EVER!


It's a wonderful day for fire safety!



Do you ever have one of those days when you wake up and have to pinch yourself because you find out of something amazing that happened?


This is one of those days!

The Fire Safety Dogs are grateful to Allen and Linda Anderson for helping carry on Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's legacy through their book, Animals and the Kids Who Love Them, now available in hard book in Japanese!

Aren't the illustrations amazing? They were Drawn by Akira Himekawa.

"Animals and the Kids Who Love Them: Extraordinary True Stories of Hope, Healing, and Compassion" Japanese version were published from Gakken Education Publishing / Gakken Marketing on July 16.

I love this illustration by Akira Himekawa / 姫川 明月. You can just see the love in Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's eyes. 

Firefighter Dayna shared with me that this is exactly how Sparkles looked at her, with so much love in her eyes. 

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog was known for her "Crawling Low" trick. This trick went on to help save the lives of children in actual fire related situations who had watched Sparkles in a fire safety presentation.







The books features several inspirational stories, including Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's story of how she helped save the lives of 7 children and 2 adults involved in actual fire related situations.








Here is what the American version looks
like!

Have a wonderful day and remember, dreams really do come true!

Stay safe and remember: Fire Safety Rocks, no matter what language it is in!







We're on the Front Page of Firehouse.com!

Check out the front page of firehouse.com today. This is the first time one of Momma's pictures and blog made the front page!



The Fire Museum of Memphis has the most AWESOME fire safety component! They see thousand's of children every year!

Read the blog HERE!

Sparkles' Safety Spot: Episode 107 September 20, 2013

Boys and girls, we had so much fun live streaming the 107th episode of Sparkles' Safety Spot!

In this episode, Molly shares with the boys and girls that once you get out of the house in case of fire, that you should NEVER EVER go back in! Remember to GET OUT AND STAY OUT.


If unable to see video, please click HERE
 
Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and First Alert. Join Molly the Fire Safety Dog on Facebook HERE.

Friday, September 20, 2013

A Surprise for one of my BFF's!

Waiting for one of my BFF's to get off the school bus.
















Patience was excited to see me when she got off the school bus!









I gave Patience a note asking her to ride in the Fire Safety Awareness Parade with Firefighter Dayna and me (Firefighter Dayna was asked to be the Parade Marshal of the parade earlier this week).








Patience read my note out loud.









So, are young going to ride in the parade with me, Patience?









The waiting is killing me! BOL












She said yes!! We shook on it!





I gave patience a stuffed Dal as a thank you! Patience is going to carry it in the parade!



Skyping with Students from Ohio!

We had so much fun Skyping with children from Ohio this morning!














During our Skype visit, I showed the boys and girls where I am from!










Look how far away we are from the boys and girls that we Skyped with this morning! If we were to get in the SpotMobile, it would take us 13 hours to get there and we would travel 811 miles (one way).

That's a long way, isn't it?

Sparkles' Safety Spot: Today!

Join us for Sparkles Safety Spot LIVE at 9 AM CST! Today we will learn about how important it is to GET OUT AND STAY OUT!

Watch it HERE!

Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and our corporate partner, First Alert.


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Our New Flooring is In!

Our new foam floor tiles are in!

We are so grateful to an anonymous donor that found and purchased an item on our wish list to help enhance our fire safety programming!

The mat will be perfect for children to sit on during our presentations, especially the outdoor ones!

The mat will also help when we do our fire safety demonstrations! No more slipping and sliding on floors!!!

We are going to use our new mat during Fire Safety Day at the Clinton Library and during our event at Sears Headquarters in Chicago next month!

So many possibilities!! We will be using it for years!

Thank you to the very special donor who is helping us keep children and their families safe!

If you would like to help our cause, please let us know! We have a few items that we are in desperate need of to help enhance our fire
safety programming at events we will be attending in the future. 

The foundation we support, Keep Kids Fire Safe, is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) public charity. We need your help! No amount is too small.

Stay safe everyone! Hope you are having a great day so far!!!

Second Skype Visit for 2014 Scheduled!

We have our second Skype visit for 2014 scheduled! Thank you to Sycamore Elementary School for scheduling a Skype visit for January 31, 2014!

We are so excited to Skype with the 100 boys and girls next year!

If you would like to Skype with the Fire Safety Dogs, FREE, visit HERE to learn more! We would  to Skype with your school! 

The Fire Safety Dog Skype Program is brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and our corporate partners, First Alert and State Farm.

Thank you to our friends at Skype in the Classroom for helping spread the word about our program!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

First Skype Visit for 2014 Booked!

WE HAVE OUR FIRST SKYPE VISIT FOR 2014 booked! Thank you to William Floyd Elementary School in Shirley, NY for contacting us today! We can't wait to Skype with your school!

If you would like to Skype with the Fire Safety Dogs, FREE, visit https://education.skype.com/partners/54-fire-safety-dogs to learn more! We would love to Skype with your school! 

The Fire Safety Dog Skype Program is brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and our corporate partners, First Alert and State Farm.

Coming Soon!

If you live in or around Clarksville, we hope you can come to the 11th Annual Fire Safety Awareness Parade and Kidsfest Safety Fair on October 5th!

Momma holds these events dear to her heart. She came up with the idea for these two events after attending a class at the National Fire Academy. With the help of Fred Taylor, the Johnson County Fire Chief's Association and other organizations and people in the community, these events came to life!

Each year, many volunteers help with the safety parade and safety fair! The purpose of the two events are to raise awareness about safety to children and their families and to share with children that firefighters and other emergency personnel are their friends and community helpers.

Momma is especially honored to have been asked to be the Parade Marshal this year at the Fire Safety Awareness Parade. I get to be a Parade Marshal too! So exciting!

I will also be at the KidsFest Safety Fair shaking paws with everyone and sharing fire safety. Woof!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Sparkles Safety Spot: Episode 106 September 13, 2013

Boys and girls, join Dayna Hilton and me, Molly the Fire Safety Dog on this recording of the live stream safety show, Sparkles' Safety Spot

In this episode, I share with the boys and girls a tip on how important it is that should you find matches or lighters, that you be sure to tell a grown-up. Children should never ever touch matches and lighters.





Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and First Alert. Join me on Facebook HERE

We Skyped with Students from the UK!

We Skyped with a school in the UK this morning!! What a blast!!!

Thanks to First Alert and State Farm for being our corporate partners for this program.

Friday, September 13, 2013

New Fire Safety Video: "Matches are Tools, not Toys"

Firefighter Dayna is SO HAPPY with our newest fire safety video!

We made the video last night, and debuted it today during the 106th episode of Sparkles' Safety Spot!

Enjoy!

If you are unable to see the video, click HERE
 
 
Stay safe everyone! And, remember: FIRE SAFETY ROCKS!
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