{"id":46688,"date":"2017-09-25T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=46688"},"modified":"2017-09-25T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:55:44","slug":"kasey-program-delivered-lady-perpetual-help-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=46688","title":{"rendered":"Kasey Program to Be Delivered to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem, PA, <span data-term=\"goog_624332335\">September 25, 2017<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0 On <span data-term=\"goog_624332336\">Thursday, September 28<\/span>, at a special school assembly at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Bethlehem Township, Kasey the Labrador Retriever will help to teach Kindergarten through 6th grade students about fire safety.<\/p>\n<p>Kasey is part of the The Kasey Program\u00a9, an educational program that teaches children fire and life safety skills.\u00a0 Kasey and her partner firefighter\/paramedic Jeff Owens travel the country bringing their life saving message.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Owens, a retired firefighter\/paramedic after more than 31 years of service, devotes himself full-time to the program he developed in 1994. He now schedules approximately 400 programs and reaches more than 400,000 people annually.<\/p>\n<p>Kasey is a black Labrador retriever who has been trained to demonstrate the life-saving skills taught.\u00a0 During the program Kasey demonstrates how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stop, drop and roll<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feel a door to see if it\u2019s hot before opening it<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 knowing two ways out of every room<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 telling an adult when you find matches and lighters<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 crawling under smoke to escape<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 call 911 when you have an emergency<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 have a meeting place outside our home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through Kasey performing many of the life safety skills and this significant safety message is given to the children in an entertaining and educational manner. Kasey is a therapy dog and she has been trained in search and rescue. Kasey wears the badge of the Wayne Township Fire Department, located on the West Side of Indianapolis, and is based in the Indianapolis area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of Kasey\u2019s achievements are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate of Achievement by the Indiana Emergency Medical Service Commission for Children.<\/li>\n<li>Honored by Mayor Bart Peterson, Mayor of Indianapolis, for her achievements in child safety education.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The 2005 Indiana Vetinary Medical Association Pet Companion of the year.<\/li>\n<li>News stories by Dateline, CNN, as well as all area Television media.<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of Achievement by the Indiana Safe Kids Coalition.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Owens received the Indiana Fire &amp; Life Safety Educator on the Year in 2014 from the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association<\/li>\n<li>2014 Proclimation by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard for the Kasey Programs dedication to teaching fire &amp; life safety to children<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02015 Health Care Hero awarded by the Indiana Emergency Medical Service Commision for Children<\/li>\n<li>Jeff was awarded the Public Educator of the Year award for 2014 by the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Daniel Moser, Principal at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, said \u201cAt OLPH, our goal is excellence in education and a well-rounded curriculum, which includes fire prevention and safety. We understand that preparing children in how to react in the event of a fire is critical. This knowledge base is what a child will refer to to quickly snap into action and escape to safety as quickly as possible in the event of a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kasey Program is sponsored by Koorsen Fire and Security, with their corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u00a0 Koorsen Fire and Security has built its business on providing safe environments to work and live in and wanted to be a major player in protecting our young people from injuries that are preventable.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1964, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (OLPH) is located in Bethlehem, PA. The Catholic-based school is incorporated into the educational system of the Diocese of Allentown. Recognizing that Christian education is a lifelong process, OLPH encourages the child\u2019s whole development and nurtures the spiritual, intellectual, social, physical, and psychological well-being of each individual. As a diocesan school, OLPH is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools (MSCES).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my-olph.org\/\">http:\/\/my-olph.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nRobin M. Nieto, M.Ed<br \/>\nAdvancement Director<br \/>\nOur Lady of Perpetual Help School<br \/>\n3221 Santee Rd<br \/>\nBethlehem, PA \u00a018020<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kasey-fire-dog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}