Kettering Safety Village

To teach basic concepts of traffic safety, to provide injury prevention awareness and life safety skills for children entering the kindergarten grade level.

About Safety Village

Kettering Safety Village is a week-long program sponsored by the Dor-Wood Optimist Club. The City of Kettering’s Safety Section in collaboration with Kettering City Schools is proud to operate this program.  The program is designed to teach our youngest citizens how to be safe.

Safety Village instructors are joined by Kettering police, fire and school personnel to provide age-appropriate classroom instruction on a variety of safety topics to participants. Children get to practice and reinforce what they’ve learned at our indoor Safety Village, with child-size replicas of streets, intersections and buildings. Children also participate in a variety of additional activities, including a “Safe Walk” in a neighborhood.  Through classroom instruction and fun and exciting hands-on experience, young children will begin to develop safe habits for a lifetime.

Safety topics covered:

• Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
• Fire Safety
• Bus Safety
• Personal Safety
• Gun Safety
• Outdoor and Weather Safety
• Indoor and Poison Safety
• Bicycle Safety
• Animal Safety
• Safe Car Behavior
• Playground Safety

Student Volunteers

Kettering Safety Village is seeking student volunteers to help with our summer program.  Student volunteers are responsible for many aspects of the program: assisting with safety lessons, supervising children during various safety skill activities, helping with class activities, and light clean up.  Most of all, volunteers must enjoy working with children and helping them grow and learn.  Interested individuals should submit an application, link below, to be considered.  Applicants must be rising 6th graders or above in August 2025.