Fwd: Operation Lifesaver Committee Meeting

["Ron Fiebelkorn" <rwf49@hotmail.com>]

Friends and Members of TTAT,

Anyone interested in helping Keatons's Roundhouse for Kids with Operation 
LifeSaver or one of their other projects should contack Jayne Willingham.

Thanks--Ron


>From: "Keaton's Roundhouse, Director" <jayne@keatonsroundhouse.org>
>To: "Ron Fiebelkorn" <rwf49@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Operation Lifesaver Committee Meeting
>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:26:00 -0600
>
>
>Ron,
>
>Below is an announcement of a meeting for/about our Rail
>Safety Awareness Committee. Will you consider forwarding
>the announcement to Tinplate Trackers group members?
>
>Many thanks,
>Jayne Willingham
>Keaton's Roundhouse for Children
>
>
>Announcement:
>
>To Railroad Employees & Volunteers, Model Railroad Group Members,
>General Railfans, and Parents:
>
>Keaton's Roundhouse for Children is currently looking for adults to join
>its Rail Safety Awareness Committee and conduct presentations in
>Operation Lifesaver to groups of Austin area children, teens, and adults.
>
>Keaton's Roundhouse for Children is a nonprofit organization established,
>in 2002, to educate Austin area children and their parents about train 
>facts
>and lore, railroad history and the American railroad system, and principles
>of rail safety awareness. Named in memory of a child who loved trains,
>they provide opportunities for children and parents to play and learn
>together through education and cultural activities and programs in Austin
>area schools, libraries, museums, and hospitals.  Their annual events, the
>"Train Writing & Illustrating Contest," "Train Song Sing-Along Concert,"
>and the "Little Engine That Could 1K/5K Run" (2004) are designed to
>encourage families to celebrate and further their love and knowledge of
>trains and the railroad, to develop children's creative and academic
>abilities,
>and to promote values of goal-setting, determination, and responsibility.
>For further information about their events and programs visit their website
>at www.keatonsroundhouse.org, call 346-7245 (RAIL), or send email to
>info@keatonsroundhouse.org.
>
>To achieve its goal of educating Austin area children and parents in
>principles of rail safety awareness, Keaton's Roundhouse for Children
>offers free presentations to groups of children, teens, and adults in
>Operation Lifesaver, the national program in highway-rail and railroad
>trespass prevention program. They currently seek individuals interested
>in attending the training course to become certified Operation Lifesaver
>presenters.  They will be holding an organizational meeting for this
>purpose on February 27, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at the Yarborough Library,
>2800 Hancock Drive, Austin, TX.  To R.S.V.P., or for further
>information or questions, contact Jayne Willingham at 346-7245 (RAIL)
>or jayne@keatonsroundhouse.org.
>
>                     # # #
>
>Jayne Willingham, Executive Director
>Keaton's Roundhouse for Children
>jayne@keatonsroundhouse.org
>www.keatonsroundhouse.org


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