From: Colleen Garry
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:33 PM
To: Signature Residents
Subject: Resident News, Signature 05-23-07

Important Safety Information compliments of the Drasner Family, see www.signatureofsolonohio.com/kids_cars.html.
The information is also shown below.

 

 

Resident News Update Sponsor of the Week: Decorating Den see www.signatureofsolonohio.com/news.html
Contact our Experts Before You Decorate, You Will Be Glad You Did! Call Dianne Pallaise at 440-439-5686,

 

 

Holiday Rubbish Delay: Please place your rubbish on the curb Tuesday morning before 7 am (May 29) due to the Memorial Day Holiday.
Also, please bag your trash and close the lid tightly so it will not be thrown onto the street if it gets knocked over or the bag gets torn.

 

 

Do You Know?  Your Resident News Updates and Website Management Services cost the Association nothing in 2006,
 thanks to your Website/E-Mail News Sponsors. Please see www.signatureofsolonohio.com/professionals.html for a complete listing. When contacting a Sponsor to learn more about their services, please let them know you saw them on the Signature Resident Website. This will help to ensure your Website and Emails continue to be free to your HOA.

 

 

Resident Website Sponsor of the Week: Invisible Fence, see www.signatureofsolonohio.com/news.html.
Keeping Your Pet Safe at Home! Call for a FREE Consultation, 440-729-2255

 

 

Recycle: See http://www.signatureofsolonohio.com/recycling.html#charity for info on Charitable Recycling Resources.

 

 

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                I hope this letter is well received.  I am writing to ask for your assistance in protecting the children of our neighborhood.

 

                Now that the weather is warm, the children are anxious to play outdoors.  They love to run up and down the sidewalk, ride their bikes, pull their wagons and push their baby doll strollers.  Unfortunately, no matter how well behaved they might be or how much we try to teach them about safety, children are impulsive and unpredictable, and have little understanding of the  danger of a moving vehicle.    

 

                Each year, approximately two thousand children in the United States are treated in emergency departments because they were struck or rolled over by a vehicle moving in reverse. More than thirty children have already been killed by backing vehicles this year, and summer has not yet arrived.  All drivers should be acutely aware of this danger.   For more information, please visit www.kidsandcars.org,

 

                It is impossible to imagine anything more tragic than the death or catastrophic injury of a child that could easily have been prevented.  As trite as this sounds, I ask that you please use extreme caution whenever backing your vehicle out of your driveway, and remind your guests to do so as well.  Share this letter with all drivers in your household, as well as your friends and family.  If necessary, trim any landscaping around your driveway to ensure that you can see the sidewalk, and any approaching pedestrians, clearly when backing out of your driveway.

 

                Thank you for your attention to this important matter.