In case you were raised by monkeys, the folks running Possibility City want to make sure you know that you should wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.
The Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness and the Louisville Water Co. launched the “Clean Hands Campaign,” which apparently so far consists mainly of giving out decals telling people to wash their hands, this morning at Auburndale Elementary School.
“Hands are the principal carriers of disease-causing germs,” Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the city's public health agency, said in a release. “Hand washing – with soap and water – is a simple thing and…in this time of widespread swine flu, it's the best way to prevent infection and illness at school, at home, and at work.”
Fourth and fifth grade students at Auburndale demonstrated proper hand washing techniques they learned through a program sponsored by Louisville Water Company and taught in approximately 40 public and private schools each year, the release said.
“Public health is a part of our mission,” Water Co.president Greg Heitzman said. “One of the most important ways you use safe, clean water is to wash your hands. We want to take this important lesson not just to school children but to people all over the city.”
The Clean Hands Campaign is giving out free 5x5 decals that read, “Don't share your germs! Keep hands clean!” and can be posted in restrooms and near sinks around Possibility City.
Restrooms in Jefferson County Public schools and Metro government buildings will get the decals posted in them, and Public Health and Wellness inspectors will hand out the decals to restaurants and public facilities throughout the city. The University of Louisville will be posting the decals in university buildings as well.
I can't think of a more effective way to get children to wash their hands than have a bunch of suits from the Water Department come and give them decals.
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In case you were raised by monkeys, the folks running Possibility City want to make sure you know that you should wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.
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