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| MSBA's Safe Surfacing Program Receives Governor's Council Endorsement |
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The Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health recently endorsed the Missouri Playground Surfacing Program. This program is a partnership between the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA) and the National Safe Surfacing Initiative, LLC (NSSI) in an effort to promote physical fitness and health through safe playgrounds for Missouri’s school children. |
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| Children in Rolla Missouri Start School with Safer Playground |
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The first day of school in Rolla Missouri brings with it safer surfacing for the elementary students playing outside at Wyman Elementary today. The rubber tile surfacing, installed this summer, has been shown to reduce emergency room injuries by 75% when combined with safety training an important statistic considering that 80% of all school injuries happen outside. |
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| New Faces at NSSI for Back to School |
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The National Safe Surfacing Initiative is pleased to announce the addition of Karen Sherman and Rick Johnson as NSSI Certified Program Managers for its playground safety division. |
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| NSSI Recognized by President's Council on Physical Fitness |
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The National Safe Surfacing Initiative® (NSSI) was recently recognized as a 50th Anniversary Partner to Get America Moving and has joined the 2006 yearlong celebration of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS). |
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| California School Administrators Express Interest in NSSI Safety Surfacing |
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The National Safe Surfacing Initiative (NSSI) recently attended the California Association of School Business Officials annual tradeshow in San Diego California. This show was attended by school administrators, facilities directors and safety engineers from many of California’s school districts from across the state. |
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| NSSI Recognizes National Playground Safety Week 2006 |
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National Playground Safety Week, recognized in throughout the United States, is an opportunity for adults to consider the need for safer playgrounds where our children play. In schools and childcare facilities, children spend anywhere from 15% to 30% of their day on the playground. |
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| NSSI Provides Savings for Safer Iowa Playgrounds |
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The National Safe Surfacing Initiative (NSSI) has just announced that its supplier of playground safety products, Welch Products, has just made a special purchase of finely ground rubber from Greenman Technologies. Because of the lower cost of doing business with this local supplier, Welch Products will pass savings on to the NSSI for its playground surfacing customers in the state of Iowa. |
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| New Playground Surfacing at Lynnville-Sully Elementary |
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The first day of school at Lynnville-Sully Elementary School opens a new chapter for playground safety with the installation of DuroMat Extended Life™ playground safety tiles, a safer surface proven to dramatically reduce injuries at a number of schools across the state, Superintendent Duane Willhite said today. |
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| Governor Signs HF-875 Supporting Playground Safety Surfacing Study |
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In the most recent legislative session ending in May 2005, Governor Vilsack along with a team of legislators from both sides of the aisle, signed HF-875 to allow the National Program for Playground Safety, based at the University of Northern Iowa, to continue studies of safe playground surfacing technologies in the state of Iowa |
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| Playgrounds to be Rubberized |
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Children at 14 Davenport elementary schools will find rubber tiles beneath their feet instead of wood chips while they romp on their school’s playground equipment. |
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| Iowa SAFE Surfacing Initiative Funded for 2004 |
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The National Program for Playground Safety, headquartered at the University of Northern Iowa, was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Iowa Legislature in 2003 to study the safety of playground surfacing material manufactured in Iowa. |
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