One of the coolest events of the summer in our community is the "Bike Safety" campaign.

When the police see a child who is practicing safety rules while riding their bike (helmet on)
They pull them over and give them a bike safety award. It is a coupon for a free ice cream at our local McDonalds and a round sticker for their bike.

The children can be caught "Being Safe" by every officer in our city at different times of the day.

Angela got her first sticker on Monday. She came home just to tell me she won the first safety award.
We hugged and of course enjoyed her ability to be a safe biker.

Something else I like about this program is that it offers the children positive reactions with our local police. So they will not be scared of the police but rather have respect and a friendly relationship with our local men in blue.

I do not know who came up with this campaign but they did an awesome job. McDonald's deserves a big thank you also for sponsoring the ice cream gift.
Nothing like kids ice cream on a hot summer day.

Anyone else out there have any great summer activities for the kids going on in their community.
Please feel free to share with us by leaving a comment.