Poison/Candy Buzz Box Loan Program
The purpose of the buzz box is to show that candy and poison (including medication) look similar in color, size, and shape. Often this interactive display gets people thinking about how easy it is to get candy and poison confused, especially by a child.
The objective is to choose between the candy and the poison without knowing what the name of each item is. This set-up mimics a real-life situation where an individual finds pills on the floor, on the kitchen counter, or in the backseat of a car.
| Bob Cordes Fairfield County SAFE KIDS 25 Vanzant Street Suite 15-8, 2nd floor Norwalk, CT 06851 Phone: 203-853-7115 Email: rcordes@fcsafekids.org |
Esther Pendola New London County SAFE KIDS Community Partnerships 234 State Street New London, CT 06320 Phone: 860-442-0733 Fax: 860-442-0729 Email: esther@communitypartnerships.com |
| Marisol Feliciano
Windham County Chapter of CSK Windham Hospital 112 Mansfield Ave Willimantic, CT 06226 Phone: 860-456-6978 Email: safekids@wcmh.org |
Sheila Staib Greater Waterbury Chapter of CSK St. Mary’s Hospital 56 Franklin Street Waterbury, CT 06706 Phone: 203-709-3655 Fax: 203-574-6089 sstaib@stmh.org |
| Louis Carta Middletown Department of Health 245 Dekoven Drive Middletown, CT 06457-1300 Phone: 860-344-3482 Email: louis.carta@cityofmiddletown.com |
Connie Hotchkiss Charlotte Hungerford Hospital 540 Litchfield Street Torrington, CT 06790 Phone: 860-496-6324 Email: chotchkiss@hungerford.org |
| Debbie Dow Connecticut Poison Control Center UConn Health Center 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-5365 Phone: 860-679-3531 Fax: 860-679-1623 Email: poisoncontrol@nso.uchc.edu |
Karen Brock Connecticut SAFE KIDS 282 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: 860-545-9977 Email: kbrock@ccmckids.org |
| Valley Parish Nurse Community Chapter of Connecticut SAFE KIDS C/o Valley Parish Nurse Program 130 Division Street Derby, CT 06418 Chapter Liaisons: Cathi Kellett and Daun Barrett Phone: 203-732-7584 Email: hillboy28@juno.com (Serving Woodbury, Southbury, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Seymour, Woodbridge, Ansonia, Derby, Orange and Milford) |