Submit a video to the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance pedestrian safety awareness video contest! 

Did you know that in the United States, pedestrian injury is the second leading cause of injury-related death for children ages 5 to 14? In 2007, nearly 27,440 children were treated in emergency rooms for pedestrian-related injuries.[1] Pedestrian safety is vital for our children. We want them to be able to walk to schools, park, playgrounds and museums safely—and eventually independently.   

In order to promote pedestrian safety, the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance will be hosting a video contest. We need your help (or more accurately, your children’s help!) in spreading the word on how to stay safe as a pedestrian. The video contest will run during the month of October—International Walk to School Month. DBFA is looking for downtown children and teens to create short videos displaying and teaching appropriate pedestrian behaviors. The winner will receive a visit to his or her school from the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot and his/her photo on the DBFA website and e-mails and on local television public service announcements. The winner’s school will also be recognized. 

Here’s how to enter:

1.  Create a 30- to 45-second video teaching other children and teens how to be a safe pedestrian. Make your video as fun and interesting as possible. Let your creativity run wild! (For guidelines on what it means to be a safe pedestrian, visit: www.BaltimoreWalks.org.)
2. Upload your video to YouTube. If you don’t have a YouTube account yet, sign up here; it’s free and easy.
3. Make sure to include “DBFA Baltimore Walks” in your video tag along with whatever else you name your video.
4. Send DBFA the link of your video between October 1, 2011, at 8 a.m. and October 31, 2011, at midnight. E-mail the link to Heidi Vorrasi at Heidi@dbfam.org. 

Click here for contest guidelines.