WHEN:

The American Red Cross, Southeastern Michigan Chapter is offering a two-day Babysitting Boot Camp for girls and boys ages 11-15, to give them all the tools they need to be the best babysitter in the neighborhood. The Boot Camp will include hands-on activities, exciting videos, role-playing, and lively discussions for those babysitting infants up through school-aged children.

Participants will learn such things as feeding, diapering and dressing infants and children. They will also become instructed in first aid, sudden illness and choking emergencies, and will receive a Red Cross sling bag, Babysitters training handbook with CD ROM, and certifications in both Red Cross Babysitters Training and First Aid and Child Infant CPR.

WHEN:

June 23 and 24 (Wednesday and Thursday), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE:

American Red Cross, Macomb Service Center

13260 Eleven Mile Rd.

Warren, MI 48089

(586) 756-7600

COST:

$125; includes lunch and snack on both days.

WHY:

Participants will gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for children in a variety of daily and emergency situations, and increase their earning potential as a babysitter.

For more information or to register, call the Red Cross Macomb Service Center at (586) 756-7600, or go to the Southeastern Michigan Chapter’s website at www.semredcross.org to download a registration form.

Contact: Andrea Tomaszewski

248-224-5606