The Mocha Shriners participated in a flag raising at the CIvic Centre in Chatham on Monday to kick off Children Burn Awareness Week, which runs from February 5 to February 11.
This week kicks off a year-long campaign focused on teaching adults and children to “Be Burn Aware.”
Burn Awareness Week is Shriners Hospitals for Children’s kickoff of a yearlong educational campaign aimed at burn awareness and prevention that includes offering free educational materials via the website, beburnaware.org.
The items are designed to be a resource for firefighters, teachers, parents and others concerned with the safety and well-being of children.
Local Shiners, along with Mayor Hope, Chief Ken Stuebing and Public Educator, Whitney Burk helped to raise the flag on Children Burn Awareness.
Mayor Hope said the campaign is another example of how the Shiners plays a key role in our community and across the nation in helping children and families.
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