Mission: Educating children and teens on safety and prevention of injuries.
The Safety Village of South Dakota is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to reducing accidents involving children and adults by helping them understand and identify safety issues, and to make healthy injury prevention choices. We partner with community safety organizations to coordinate comprehensive safety programs. Our goal is to be a hands-on, injury prevention facility where children and adults learn life-saving safety skills.
Vision: To be the preferred resource for making communities safe through educational programs and partnerships.
Our History
The Safety Village of South Dakota began with a discussion 1,300 miles away on the east coast. That discussion at the National Fire Academy led to a visit to the Washington County Children’s Village in Hagerstown, Maryland. The safety center designed to teach injury prevention to children was so impressive, the idea was brought back to Sioux Falls. An organizational plan for our own Safety Village caught fire with numerous community leaders. A Board of Directors was formed in 1998 to oversee the non-profit organization. Since the creation of the Safety Village of South Dakota, numerous projects and programs have come to fruition. Safety Village of South Dakota educates the public about safety and injury prevention on topics ranging from fire, home and farm safety to poison prevention, bicycle and pedestrian safety, and impaired and distracted driving.
Board of Directors
- Darren Kuyper – President
44i - Doug Kruse – Vice President
First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard - Laura McAreavey – Treasurer
RENEW Energy/Takkion - Colleen Stratton – Secretary
TLC Consulting - Tom Slattery
NIM Group - Kelli Zimmer
First Bank and Trust
Staff
- Roxanna McKenna, MBA, CFRM
Executive Director