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SunSafe
Kidzsm
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Using our Educational Programming
we have established the
Sun
Safe Program to go into the school systems with our youth, pre-school through high school,
with an age appropriate message about sun safety and skin cancer awareness,
including the
guidelines
to SunSafety!
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Click
on the picture of Billy
for a fun look at how to Stop UV/OD! |
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Stay Safe in the Sun Facts
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The sun’s rays
are the most dangerous between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Always use a sunscreen with a SPF (sun protection
factor) of at least 15 applied at least 30 minutes prior to sun
exposure.
Use liberally
and often. (on children the equivalent of 3 ketchup packages!)
Cover the skin
areas and wear a wide brimmed hat.
Use sun glasses that offer broad spectrum ultraviolet (UVA/UVB)
protection. Ocular melanoma is on the rise!
Even on a
cloudy and wintry day you can get sunburned. 80% of UV radiation
comes through cloud cover
The sun’s rays
reach through up to 3 feet of clear water and 6 to 8 inches of lake
water
NEVER use
sunlamps, tanning booths, tanning pills, or sun accelerators
More then 10
minutes of direct exposure to sunlight is dangerous for a newborn
Even people with naturally darker skin can develop skin
cancer.
Damage to the skin begins as soon as the skin is
exposed to the sun…NOT just when a sunburn occurs
80% of sun
damage is done before the age of 18
After the tan
or sunburn fads the cellular damage remains and is built upon/Sun
damage is accumulative
A cotton T-Shirt is only the equivalent of an SPF 15.
This is ONLY true if the t-shirt is new and not wet!
Request the
SunSafe Kids Program for your School or Association 
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