Thursday, October 22, 2009
The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) is pleased to announce the District Government’s participation in National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 25-31. This year’s theme is “What’s On Your Walls?”
A schedule is listed below.
All week: Education and Outreach at District Hardware Stores:
- True Value on 17th
- Pfeiffer’s Hardware
- Monarch Paint & Wallcovering (Chevy Chase)
- McCormick Paints
- Home Depot
- Frager’s Hardware
- Brookland True Value Hardware
- Logan Hardware
- Glover Park Hardware
Monday, Oct. 26:
- Outreach and Screening Event at Mexican Consulate, 2829 16th Street NW, 9-11 a.m.
- Lead-Safe DC Daycare Training at Mary’s Center, 2333 Ontario Road NW, 6-9 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at Mexican Consulate, 9-11 a.m. (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
Tuesday, Oct. 27:
- Housing Counseling Services Lead Poisoning Prevention Workshop in English and Spanish at Harriet Tubman Elementary, 3101 13th Street NW, 9-10:30 a.m.
- HUD’s 2003 Lead-Safe Housing Rule Renovation and Repair Class in Spanish at 2410 17th Street NW, Suite 100, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Table Display at 825/941 North Capitol Street NE, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at Safeway, 3830 Georgia Avenue NW, 12-3:30 p.m. (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
Wednesday, Oct. 28:
- Outreach and Screening Event at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE, 3-5 p.m.
- School Screening and Outreach at Miner Elementary, 601 15th Street NE, 3:30-6:30 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at Miner Elementary (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
Thursday, Oct. 29:
- Outreach and Screening Event at El Salvador Consulate, 2332 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 9-11 a.m.
- Lead Safe Washington’s Grant Program Event at 1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Table Display at 825/941 North Capitol Street NE, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at El Salvador Consulate, 9-11 a.m. (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
- Lead Mobile at Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Avenue NW, 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
Friday, Oct. 30
- Street Fair and Screening at 14th and Irving Streets NW, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at Street Fair (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
Saturday, Oct. 31
- Halloween Lead Fair and Screening at Covenant House, 2001 Mississippi Avenue SE, Noon – 4 p.m.
- Lead Mobile at Covenant House (Free blood testing for children under age 6.)
For more information about these events, please contact Amber Sturdivant at (202) 478-2441 or [email protected]