July 3, 2002
Summer safety campaign comes to Southwest YMCA Monday
By Jim Albritton
Health and Research News Service
JACKSON, Miss.—Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s canine companion, Fair, and Sammy Safety, the hospital’s injury prevention mascot will remind day campers at the Southwest YMCA to always think first about summer safety on Monday, July 8, at 10 a.m.
The Think First event is part of Methodist Rehab’s summer safety campaign.
Erin Pryor, a physical therapist at Methodist Rehab who works with Fair on the brain and spinal cord injury floors, will join Sammy Safety to teach students how a golden retriever motivates patients with disabilities or limitations to recover and regain strength.
Sammy and his Methodist Rehab co-workers will also show an injury prevention video and teach the students about the brain and spinal cord. Each student will receive a bike reflector and coloring book.
Monday’s event is part of Methodist Rehab’s statewide summer safety campaign.
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