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Former Knickrehm student wins National Poison Prevention Week CouncilÃs Poster Contest
Mariola Sanchez, a sixth-grader at Walnut Middle School and former Knickrehm Elementary School student, has won first place in the age 9-13 division of the National Poison Prevention Week Council's Poster Contest.
Will Nabity, also a sixth-grader at Walnut and former Knickrehm student, finished first in the Nebraska Poison Prevention Poster Contest.
The purpose of the contest is to identify posters that can be used to educate the public about ways to prevent accidental poisonings.
Diane Meyer was the students' fifth-grade teacher at Knickrehm. The contest occurred in March 2009.
Sanchez's poster says, "Send the right message...child poisonings need to end." Drawings of a phone with the toll-free poison hotline phone number (1-800-222-1222) and poisonous substances are on the poster.
Nabity's poster says, "Give poisons the boot." The poster shows the lower portion of a leg and a boot kicking a bottle and a spray bottle and also includes the nationwide hotline.
Sanchez's poster will be showcased across the country and will be featured in the Poison Prevention Week Council's March 2010 Poison Prevention Week activities.
The National Poison Prevention Week Council and the American Association of Poison Control centers sponsor the annual contest, which also has a division for children ages 8 and under.
More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 61 Poison Control Centers across the country. More than 90 percent of these poisonings occur in homes. The majority of non-fatal poisonings occur in children younger than 6 years of age.
Poison Control Centers focus on reducing the number of emergency room visits by offering free and confidential emergency poison consultation to callers of the nationwide hotline, 1-800-222-1222.
For more information, contact: Diane Meyer, fifth-grade teacher, Knickrehm Elementary School, (308) 385-5927,
dimeyer@gips.org
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