El Dorado Kiwanis Club to present child safety fair

The Kiwanis Club of El Dorado, in connection with Kiwanis International One Day, is sponsoring a child safety fair to inform and educate the public about child health and safety issues and resources. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on the parking lot at the corner of Cedar and Cleveland Streets in downtown El Dorado.

Members of the Kiwanis Club will be joined by representatives of several other organizations committed to the children of Union County in order to provide services and information related to child safety and health.

Among those organizations and agencies taking part are: El Dorado Police Department; El Dorado Fire Department; Hannah Pregnancy Resource Center; Families and Children Together, Inc.; El Dorado Boys and Girls Club; Day Spring Behavioral Health; Agape House; El Dorado Connections; South Arkansas Fights AIDS; Area Prevention Center; South Arkansas Development for Children; Medical Center of South Arkansas; School-Based Health; and HOPE Landing.

Kiwanis One Day is a global day of service that unites the entire Kiwanis family, including Kiwanis, Aktion Club, Circle K, Key Club, Builder's Club and K-Kids. One this day, more than 35 volunteers in El Dorado are expected to join nearly 600,000 volunteers around the world in devoting a few hours to hands-on service.

Kiwanis Internatioanl expects that Kiwanis One Day will contribute nearly one million service hours around the world in just one day.