VDH Kids' Summer Safety Series

POSTPONED

VDH Tele-Town Hall Series for Families

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM EST

The Virginia Department of Health is hosting a virtual webinar to address summer safety and tips for families sending their kids to camps this summer. This webinar will cover the following topics:

  • Critical summer safety guidelines such as water safety, sun protection, bike safety, insect bite prevention, allergy, and asthma management, and first aid measures for major and minor injuries

  • Preparing your camp and staff to care for children with special health care needs

  • Staying up to date on routine childhood immunizations including the COVID-19 vaccine, and addressing pediatric immunization recommendations 

  • COVID-19 testing and mitigation strategies for camps 

  • Additional resources and access to COVID-19 vaccination sites

It also provides families with a variety of useful resources and access to free COVID-19 vaccination sites.

 On behalf of the Virginia Department of Health, Virginia YMCA, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the VDH School Support Unit invites you to join us for this educational webinar!  The flyer with Zoom link is linked here...

VDH Summer Safety Flyer