Safety City struggling to keep programming going

“We’re hoping that we can secure funding for the rest of this year so that our programs can continue for the rest of this year and for next year as well,” she says.

She says funding for Safety City in the past has come from grants, donations and sponsorships but businesses and donors aren’t able to give like they used to.

St. Pierre and Dawn Rigetti are injury prevention instructors at Safety City. They’ve taken on more administrative responsibility lately, trying to get funding and rebuilding relationships with previous sponsors and donors and finding new ones.

All operations were shut down last month for two weeks and St. Pierre and Rigetti are only in the office three days a week, which affects programming.

“Going forward we obviously want to be back here full time. However that can’t happen until we secure funding for everything basically,” St. Pierre says.

The Bully Proofing program that runs February to April has been paused, and others like Country Caution and Ready to Ride will be re-evaluated soon.

“This wasn’t an easy decision for us to make to pause everything but we do want the teachers and students in our communities to know that we are working very hard at establishing funding going forward, it’s just going to take us a little bit of time.”

You can contact Safety City directly for more information on partnerships, sponsoring programs or donating.

by Chris Brown

Safety City struggling to keep programming going

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