Creative minds are able to reuse and recycle all types of items in so many fun & useful ways. Rubber Mulch shares 5 Life Hacks for recycling old tires.
As a new member of our PTA I was recently asked to head up the fund raising effort for our schools new playground initiative. My heart immediately sank as I struggled to conceal my “excitement”. That sounds like a wonderful opportunity I stated. What I was really thinking was “oh no, not another fund raiser”! It seems that the fundraising march is an endless one, where we are constantly inundated with requests from school clubs, sports teams and a whole host of other extra curricular activites that kids are involved in.
The cold season is upon us, and people aren’t the only ones in need of proper winter preparation and gear. Even the plants in your garden need to get ready for chilly weather so they can get a fighting chance to thrive come spring.
At the playground, it’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. Over 200,000 playground-related injuries are treated in emergency rooms every year. Fifteen child fatalities occur annually due to faulty playground equipment. The most common causes of these injuries are falls, accounting for almost 80%. These figures are too big to be ignored, and their consequences too alarming to shrug off.