en charlie@charlierizzio.com Copyright 2012 2012-08-09T00:21:57+00:00 http://www.seymourems.org/news/babysitting-course-offered-in-seymout http://www.seymourems.org/news/babysitting-course-offered-in-seymout#When:00:21:57Z The Seymour Ambulance Association is offering a Safesitter class on Aug. 13 and Aug. 15 from 9am - 1pm. Participants must attend both sessions. The course is designed to teach 11- to 13-year-olds babysitting techniques, children’s activities and child safety. Instructors have experience with children and are certified through SafeSitter as instructors. Students will learn about various bottles and infant materials on the market, as well as receive hands-on training with common child care tasks such as diaper changing. Additionally, students will be taught how to administer CPR, relieve an air obstruction and use an AED (automated external defibrillator). They will be certified in adult, infant, and child CPR/AED through the American Heart Association. The course cost is $75. To register your child or babysitter, or for information, call Shannon McDaniel at 203-888-8843, ext. 4, or via email at shannonmcdaniel@seymourems.org. Press, Training, Photos, 2012-08-09T00:21:57+00:00 http://www.seymourems.org/news/rotary-club-recognizes-first-responders http://www.seymourems.org/news/rotary-club-recognizes-first-responders#When:01:44:32Z Pictured left to right – Bottom row: Ryan Hunt of Seymour Ambulance Association and Rotary Club President Charlene Wright. Top row: Officer Sergio Desiderato of the Seymour Police Department and Oxford Resident Trooper, TFC Michael Dyki. Credit Contributed by Joyce Barcley Three community first responders were recently recognized at a dinner reception held Cucina Rustica in Oxford by the Rotary Club of Seymour-Oxford for outstanding dedication and service to the community. Nominees were submitted by their respective departments and endorsed by their towns' first selectmen. The honorees were Ryan Hunt of Seymour Ambulance Association, Officer Sergio Desiderato of the Seymour Police Department and Oxford Resident Trooper First Class Michael Dyki. Press, Articles, 2012-05-04T01:44:32+00:00 http://www.seymourems.org/news/seymour-and-oxford-high-school-team-up-on-take-a-stand-day http://www.seymourems.org/news/seymour-and-oxford-high-school-team-up-on-take-a-stand-day#When:15:54:43Z Seymour and Oxford high schools will team up for the eighth-annual joint town "Take a Stand Day!" in Seymour on Friday. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Seymour High School, 2 Botsford Road, Seymour. It is being sponsored by the Valley Community Foundation, Naugatuck Valley Savings & Loan, Griffin Hospital, People’s United Bank, Seymour/Oxford Rotary Club, Oxford Lions Club, Seymour Lions Club, Seymour Father’s Club, Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation, Valley United Way Youth Venture Program, Daddio’s Used Auto Parts and Hot Grill Pizza. The event, which has a rain date of May 4, is made possible through a cooperative effort between Seymour and Oxford High Schools, Seymour Police Department, Oxford Police, Oxford Resident State Trooper’s Office, Seymour Ambulance Association, Oxford Ambulance Association, Seymour Fire Department and Oxford Fire Department. The event will focus on the responsibilities of safe driving, distracted driving and the consequences of mixing driving with alcohol and distractions. This program has received state and federal recognition, and national recognition from the National Organization for Youth Safety for being proactive in the joint effort to promote the responsibilities of safe driving & combating teen underage drinking & driving. Participating in this day long event, which continues to grow, will be: CT State Police with the “Roll-over Simulator” & “Seatbelt Convincer”; Seymour Police Department “Fatal Vision;" CT State Department of Transportation;" The “IMPACT” Program; American Red Cross; Griffin Hospital; Miller-Ward Funeral Home; Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association; LifeStar Air Ambulance Helicopter; “Think Again! A Pedal Kart Experience!;” St. Vincent Hospital Swim Across the Sound; Seymour & Oxford police officers conducting field sobriety tests; Mothers Against Drunk Driving; H.O.P.E. of Oxford; Wireless Wizard; Valley Substance Abuse Action Council and the All Star Driver Company. Throughout the day, students from Oxford and Seymour high schools will be moving through different events, assemblies, outside hands-on activities, experience the “Think Again! Pedal Kart Experience!” and will witness several mock mass casualty multi-vehicle motor vehicle crashes/extrications with the participation of Life Star Helicopter (these crashes take place between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.) to solidify our message that drinking & driving do not mix. - The above information comes from a press release from Richard Kearns, director of security for Seymour Public Schools.   Events, Press, Videos, 2012-04-24T15:54:43+00:00