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Safety Town is a miniature version to scale of the City of Sturgis with roads, sidewalks, buildings,

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Safety Town is a miniature version to scale of the City of Sturgis with roads, sidewalks, buildings, and working stop lights and cross walk lights. Children learn proper pedestrian and bicycle safety on a realistic training ground. A major component of Safety Town is a two week summer program for students entering kindergarten. During the two week camp students will attend class for two hour

s daily including classroom instruction and practical application. Topics of study include pedestrian, bicycle, bus, internet, and personal safety. The camp utilizes police, fire, emergency communications operators, school personnel, and the electric department to provide safety lessons to the campers. Safety Town has been made possible by the generous community sponsors named under the sponsor tab.

06/20/2025

Today was electrical day at Safety Town, as well as bus safety and graduation day. Our campers were able to meet members of the Sturgis Electric Department, and we were able to see some of the equipment and gear that the electric department workers use on a daily basis. Our campers also were able to see a lineman climb a pole, which they all thought was pretty cool. All of our campers then had the opportunity to ride in an elevator, and each camper was able to push the elevator buttons. Thank you to Sturgis Electric Department workers Todd Crites, Skyler Santori, Robert Risk, Brett Vanzant, Tyler Guzzy, Chris McArthur, Kim Prak, and Brendan Withington for helping our campers today with the electric day.

After speaking with the Sturgis Electric Department, our campers moved to the school bus. For most of our campers, this was their first-time riding on a school bus. Sturgis Public Schools bus driver, Miss Anissa, drove our campers around town today on a Sturgis Public School's bus and our kids really enjoyed it. We practiced going over railroad tracks, and we drove through the Meijer, Walmart and McDonald's parking lots. We stopped by most of the SPS schools today, and our kids were able to see some goldfish in the Eastwood School Pond. At SHS our campers had popsicles and the campers were able to run around the gym. We then finished the day with a quick graduation ceremony. Thank you to Miss Anissa for driving us around town today. Thank you to all of the parents and presenters for allowing this week’s camp to be a success. Thank you all for another great week!

Thank you!
-Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/19/2025

Today was Electrical Day at Sturgis Safety Town. Unfortunately the weather was not very cooperative, so our campers were not able to see the Sturgis Electric Department's equipment today. The electric department will stop by tomorrow and speak with our campers and show them the equipment they use before we do our bus tours.

Instead our campers took park in a scavenger hunt to multiple buildings in Sturgis and learned about electrical items. First our campers went and walked around the Doyle Community Center. Thank you to Mike Liston and his staff for allowing us to visit the Doyle Center! We then went to the Sturgis Community Pool where Melanie Oconnell and Steven Crone showed our campers some of the wonderful things the Sturgis Community Pool has to offer. Thank you Melanie and Steven for your help today! Our campers then went to Congress School and played in the gym and toured the library. Thank you to Kim Flowers and Vince LaPorte for allowing us to use your building to have some fun while it was raining outside. We then went to the Sturges-Young Center for the Arts and event coordinator Jamie Eymer allowed our campers to be super stars and they all got to go on the main stage of the auditorium. Thank you Jamie for allowing our campers to visit today! After a snack, our campers were able to visit the police department. Officer Jimenez showed the campers all over the police department, and the kids asked a lot of great questions. Overall it was a great day for our campers even if the weather didn't cooperate.

Thank you to all who made this city wide scavenger hunt possible!
-Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/18/2025

Today was Fire Safety Day at Sturgis Safety Town. Due to the weather, we had to change up our location for the campers today. Thank you to the Sturgis Department of Public Works for allowing us to use their building today for the fire truck and ambulance tours. Firefighters Strudwick, Webb, and Hickey spoke with our campers today and provided our campers with up close experiences of the equipment they use. Our campers also were able to each spray a fire hose. Thank you to Sturgis Department of Public Safety Firefighters Strudwick, Webb, and Hickey for helping us at camp today and thank you to the Sturgis Department of Public Works for letting us use their building during the storm!

Thank you!
-Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/17/2025

Today was Bike Safety day at Sturgis Safety Town. The Bike Safety Day was taught by a great man named Jim Cook for many years. In honor of Jim, Officer Jimenez and I continued to teach our campers how to bike safe and bike smart. Our campers were able to ride around Safety Town, and they were also able to test out their skills on the cone course. The campers had a lot of fun today and there was laughter all over the parking lot this morning.

Thank you!
-Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/16/2025

Today was 911 Safety Day at Sturgis Safety Town. We were joined by Cierra, Makenzi, and Bolo from St. Joseph County Central Dispatch. The campers learned about the What, Where, and Who when calling 911 and reporting an emergency. The campers also went over scenarios and made mock 911 phone calls with Cierra and Makenzi. Officer Jimenez showed the campers some of the equipment he uses, and he showed the campers his squad car. Thank you to Cierra, Makenzi, and Bolo for stopping by and helping us with camp today.

Thank you!
Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/13/2025

Today was Bus Safety Day at Sturgis Safety Town. For most of our campers, this was their first time riding on a school bus. Sturgis Public Schools bus driver, Miss Anissa, drove our campers around town today on a Sturgis Public School's bus and our kids really enjoyed it. We practiced going over railroad tracks, and we drove through the Meijer and McDonald's parking lots. We stopped by most of the SPS schools today, and our kids were able to see some goldfish in the Eastwood School pond. At SHS our campers had popsicles and the campers were able to run around the gym. We then finished the day with a quick graduation ceremony. Thank you to Miss Anissa for driving us around town today. Thank you to all of the parents and presenters for allowing this weeks camp to be a success. Thank you all for another great week!

Thanks from,
Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/12/2025

Today was electrical day at Safety Town. Our campers were able to meet members of the Sturgis Electric Department, and we were able to see some of the equipment and gear that the electric department workers use on a daily basis. Our campers also were able to see a lineman climb a pole, which they all thought was pretty cool. All of our campers then had the opportunity to ride in an elevator, and each camper was able to push the elevator buttons. Thank you to Sturgis Electric Department workers Todd Crites, Evan Hutchison, Skyler Santori, Robert Risk, Brett Vanzant, Neil Case, Tyler Guzzy, Chad Nusbaum, Chris McArthur, Kim Prak, and Brendan Withington for helping our campers today with the electric day.
--Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/11/2025

Today was fire safety day at Safety Town. Our campers learned about the importance of having smoke detectors in their houses, how to stop, drop, and roll, how to crawl and avoid breathing in the smoke, fire truck tours, and each camper was able to spray a fire hose. Thank you to Sturgis firefighters Andy Strudwick, Julian Alldredge, and Logan King for their help with teaching our campers about fire safety today.
--Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/10/2025

Today was bike safety day at Sturgis Safety Town. This class had been taught by a man named Jim Cook for many years. In honor of Jim, Officer Jimenez and I did the best we could with teaching our campers about bike safety. The campers were able to practice their skills with some cone drill training. The sounds of giggles and laughter were heard throughout the parking lot. We also had Officer Frank Noel and Officer Jacob Gardner stop by to monitor the progress.---Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

06/09/2025

Today was 911 Safety Day at Sturgis Safety Town. We were joined by Cierra and Bolo from St. Joseph County Central Dispatch. The campers learned about the What, Where, and Who when calling 911 and reporting an emergency. The campers also went over scenarios and made mock 911 phone calls with Cierra. Officer Jimenez and Officer Knapp showed the campers their squad cars. Thank you to Cierra, Bolo, and Officer Knapp for stopping by and helping us with camp today.

Thank you!
Officer Jimenez and Sam Watson

05/28/2025

There are still spots available for the upcoming Safety Town camps this summer. These are one week summer camps open to incoming kindergarten students.

The camps will run from June 9th-June 13th (9am-12pm) and June 16th-June 20th (9am-12pm). To sign up, please go to sturgissafetytown.com under the camps and registration tab.

Please reach out to Officer Jimenez at hjimenez@sturgisps.org or Sam Watson at samwatson@sturgisps.org and 269-659-1533 if you have any questions.

10/27/2024

The Sturgis Safety Town Halloween Extravaganza was a huge success again this year! The weather was beautiful last night and the Halloween Experience was in full display at Safety Town. Thank you to the community for coming out year after year and supporting this event! Thank you to all of the businesses, governmental agencies, and organizations for attending this event and making this free community event such a success! Thank you to Rich Baker Farms for providing the donuts and hayrides tonight. Thank you to the Sturgis Public Schools Transportation Department for providing the haunted bus again this year. Thank you to the Sturgis District Library for providing their haunted van, with the large Cheshire Cat inflatable. Thank you to Radiant Life Church for partnering with us to provide trunk or treating, wagon rides, a petting zoo, and bounce houses. Thank you again to all of the community members, organizations, businesses, public safety personnel, and kids for coming out and supporting this great community event! Thank you also to all of the businesses and organizations for donating their time and providing TONS of candy for everyone at this event!

Thank you all for supporting Sturgis Safety Town!

Sincerely,

Officer Noel Jimenez
Officer Sam Watson

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Sturgis, MI

Telephone

+12696591533

Website

http://sturgissafetytown.com/

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